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U+4E95, 井
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E95

[U+4E94]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E96]
Stroke order
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Han character

(Kangxi radical 7, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿 (TT), four-corner 55000, composition )

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 258
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E95
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 井, Shang ...

Pictogram (象形) – a square well, with supports on four sides.

Some forms have a stone inside the well, as in .

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • zeng2 - vernacular;
  • zing2 - literary.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: ; )
  2. well-shaped object; mineshaft, pit
  3. hometown
  4. neat; tidy
    有條有条   jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo   neat and tidy
  5. 48th hexagram of the I Ching
  6. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“pitfall, trap”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:
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