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晋

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to move forward; to promote; to advance

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
日 +6
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
晉
Common rank
#1,644
Unicode
U+664B

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Formation & memory

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How 晋 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

An advance to the second 亚 day 日

Components 亚 日

How to remember it

promote · Heisig RSH #2761

亚 Asia + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 晋

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
晋中市 Jìn zhōng Shì Jinzhong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
晋安区 Jìn ān Qū Jin'an, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
晋城市 Jìn chéng Shì Jincheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
晋文公 Jìn Wén gōng Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸[Chun1 qiu1…
晋州市 Jìn zhōu Shì Jinzhou, a county-level city in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
晋江市 Jìn jiāng Shì Jinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
加官晋级 jiā guān jìn jí to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
宁晋县 Níng jìn Xiàn Ningjin, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
晋宁区 Jìn níng Qū Jinning, a district of Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan
晋源区 Jìn yuán Qū Jinyuan, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
梁唐晋汉周书 Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shū another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史[Jiu4 Wu3 da…
晋县 Jìn xiàn Jin county in Hebei
晋中 Jìn zhōng see 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4]
晋安 Jìn ān see 晉安區|晋安区[Jin4 an1 Qu1]
安倍晋三 Ān bèi Jìn sān Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012-20…
西晋 Xī Jìn Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
魏晋南北朝 Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han a…
新晋 xīn jìn (of a role or status) newly appointed; newly become; newly minted
晋城 Jìn chéng see 晉城市|晋城市[Jin4 cheng2 Shi4]
东晋 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420

Sound family

These characters use 晋 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
晋 sound part jìn to advance; to increase; to promote
缙 jìn red silk
戬 jiǎn to exterminate, to destroy; blessing