堇

jǐn

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Definitions

jǐn clay; old variant of 僅|仅[jǐn]; violet (plant)

Etymology

Pictograph of a person facing upwards with their mouth open over a fire. Based on the original meaning "burn". The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay".

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 口

Component: 廿

Component: 龶

Components

口廿龶

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