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泾

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Jing River

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Strokes
8
Radical
水 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
涇
Common rank
#3,340
Unicode
U+6CFE

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How 泾 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

water

Components 氵 ? unknown part

Words with 泾

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WordPinyinMeaning
泾阳县 Jīng yáng Xiàn Jingyang, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
泾源县 Jīng yuán Xiàn Jingyuan, a county in Guyuan City 固原市[Gu4 yuan2 Shi4], Ningxia
泾川县 Jīng chuān Xiàn Jingchuan, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu
泾渭分明 Jīng Wèi fēn míng as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
泾县 Jīng Xiàn Jing County or Jingxian, a county in Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui
泾阳 Jīng yáng see 涇陽縣|泾阳县[Jing1 yang2 Xian4]
泾源 Jīng yuán see 涇源縣|泾源县[Jing1 yuan2 Xian4]
洋泾浜英语 Yáng jīng bāng Yīng yǔ pidgin English
泾川 Jīng chuān see 涇川縣|泾川县[Jing1 chuan1 Xian4]