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津

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saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
9
Radical
水 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
津
Common rank
#1,144
Unicode
U+6D25

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Formation & memory

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How 津 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 聿 sound ( yù )

Components 氵 聿

How to remember it

Tianjin · Heisig RSH #1674

水 water + brush

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 津

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

WordPinyinMeaning
天津外国语大学 Tiān jīn Wài guó yǔ Dà xué Tianjin Foreign Studies University
天津大学 Tiān jīn Dà xué Tianjin University
布尔津县 Bù ěr jīn Xiàn Burqin, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
布热津斯基 Bù rè jīn sī jī Brzezinski (name); Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-American academic and politicia…
天津环球金融中心 Tiān jīn Huán qiú Jīn róng Zhōng xīn Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower; abbr. to…
牛津大学 Niú jīn Dà xué University of Oxford
津市市 Jīn shì Shì Jinshi, a county-level city in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan
天津市 Tiān jīn Shì Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
利津县 Lì jīn Xiàn Lijin, a county in Dongying City 東營市|东营市[Dong1 ying2 Shi4], Shandong
新津区 Xīn jīn Qū Xinjin, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
津南区 Jīn nán qū Jinnan suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
河津市 Hé jīn Shì Hejin, a county-level city in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
江津区 Jiāng jīn Qū Jiangjin, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
布尔津 Bù ěr jīn see 布爾津縣|布尔津县[Bu4 er3 jin1 Xian4]
无人问津 wú rén wèn jīn to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
清津市 Qīng jīn shì Chongjin, capital of North Hamgyeong province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4], North Kore…
天津条约 Tiān jīn Tiáo yuē Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA,…
天津会议专条 Tiān jīn huì yì zhuān tiáo Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[Li3 Hong2 zhang1] and ITŌ Hirobumi …
宁津县 Níng jīn Xiàn Ningjin, a county in Dezhou City 德州市[De2 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong
天津卫 Tiān jīn wèi (Ming dynasty) Tianjin garrison; historical name of Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 聿 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
聿 sound part yù writing brush, pencil; thereupon
建 jiàn to build, to erect; to establish, to found