井
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a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 二 +2
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 井
- Common rank
- #855
- Unicode
- U+4E95
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
well · Heisig RSH #1358
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 井
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自流井区 | Ziliujing, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 市井小民 | ordinary people; the hoi polloi; commoner | |
| 井水不犯河水 | (saying) everyone minds their own business | |
| 河水不犯井水 | see 井水不犯河水[jing3 shui3 bu4 fan4 he2 shui3] | |
| 古井无波 | (idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences | |
| 落井下石 | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down | |
| 龙井区 | Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市[Tai2 zhong1 Shi4], Taiwan | |
| 自流井 | see 自流井區|自流井区[Zi4 liu2 jing3 Qu1] | |
| 龙井市 | Longjing, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Ya… | |
| 投井下石 | see 落井下石[luo4 jing3 xia4 shi2] | |
| 发射井 | launching silo | |
| 甘井子区 | Ganjingzi, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 井水 | well water | |
| 市井 | marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people | |
| 水井 | (water) well | |
| 天井 | courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point T… | |
| 井上 | Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") | |
| 三井 | Mitsui (Japanese company) | |
| 井下 | underground; in the pit (mining) | |
| 井口 | mouth of a well |
Sound family
These characters use 井 as their sound component — compare how they read.