(jīng) - refined; essence in Mandarin
jīngTraditional: 精
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Translation
refined; essence
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the rice radical 米 gives the meaning of carefully husked, choice grain, hence refined or essence, and 青 (qīng) supplies the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 米 (rice radical) + 青 (qīng, phonetic)
Stroke order
精
Examples
。
He is not in great spirits.
。
This matter is exhausting.
。
Her concentration is sharp.
。
This performance is wonderful.
菜。
She cooks with great skill.
精 (jīng) means refined or essence, and combines with 神 in 精神 (jīng shén), spirit or vigour.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 精.
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