琼
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jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan province
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 玉 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 琼
- Common rank
- #2,142
- Unicode
- U+743C
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Formation & memory
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Words with 琼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道琼斯指数 | Dow Jones Industrial Average | |
| 琼中黎族苗族自治县 | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan | |
| 布琼布拉 | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi | |
| 琼山区 | Qiongshan, a district of Haikou City 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4], Hainan | |
| 琼中县 | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan | |
| 琼海市 | Qionghai City, Hainan | |
| 道琼斯 | Dow Jones (stock market index) | |
| 琼结县 | Qonggyai, a county in Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 琼州海峡 | Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China) | |
| 琼斯顿 | Johnston (name) | |
| 琼山 | see 瓊山區|琼山区[Qiong2 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 琼中 | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan | |
| 琼斯 | Jones (name) | |
| 琼海 | Qionghai City, Hainan | |
| 道琼 | Dow Jones (stock market index) | |
| 琼州 | Qiongzhou, historic name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3] | |
| 仙山琼阁 | jeweled palace in the fairy mountain | |
| 琼浆玉液 | bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine | |
| 琼结 | see 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 Xian4] | |
| 琼楼玉宇 | bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 京 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 京 sound part | capital city | |
| 惊 | to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm | |
| 就 | just, simply; to go to; to approach, near | |
| 凉 | cool, cold; disheartened | |
| 鲸 | whale | |
| 掠 | to pillage, to ransack | |
| 椋 | fruit | |
| 谅 | to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume | |
| 晾 | to air-dry; to sun-dry | |
| 黥 | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals | |
| 辌 | carriage, hearse |