竟

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unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 儿 finishing a musical piece 音

Components 音儿

unexpectedly · Heisig RSH #487

立 standing up + human legs + tongue wagging in the mouth — as a component also called: mirror

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有志者事竟成	yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng	a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a w…
有志竟成	yǒu zhì jìng chéng	persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
未竟之志	wèi jìng zhī zhì	unfulfilled ambition
一探究竟	yī tàn jiū jìng	to check out; to investigate
竟日	jìng rì	(literary) all day long
竟然	jìng rán	unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to g…
未竟	wèi jìng	unfinished; incomplete
竟陵	Jìng líng	Jingling, former name of Tianmen 天門\|天门, Hubei
究竟	jiū jìng	to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogativ…
毕竟	bì jìng	after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
竟敢	jìng gǎn	to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
竟 sound part	jìng	finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected
镜	jìng	mirror, glass; lens, glasses
境	jìng	boundary, frontier; area, region
獍	jìng	the Manchurian tiger