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晋
晉
Jìn
1. surname Jin
2. the Jin Dynasties (265-420)
3. Western Jin [[西晉|西晋<XīJìn>]] (265-316), Eastern Jin [[東晉|东晋<DōngJìn>]] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946)
4. short name for Shanxi province [[山西<Shānxī>]]
Common • Top 10% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

晋
jìn
to advance; to increase; to promote
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

古晋
Gǔjìn
Kuching (city in Malaysia)
宁晋
Níngjìn
Ningjin county in Xingtai [[邢台<Xíngtái>]], Hebei
后晋
HòuJìn
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
晋中
Jìnzhōng
Jinzhong prefecture level city in Shanxi [[山西]]
晋代
Jìndài
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
晋升
jìnshēng
to promote to a higher position
HSK 6
晋城
Jìnchéng
Jincheng prefecture level city in Shanxi [[山西]]
晋安
Jìnān
Jin'an district of Fuzhou city [[福州市<Fúzhōushì>]], Fujian
晋宁
Jìnníng
Jinning county in Kunming [[昆明<Kūnmíng>]], Yunnan
晋书
Jìnshū
History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories [[二十四史<ÈrshísìShǐ>]], compiled under Fang Xuanling [[房玄齡|房玄龄<FángXuánlíng>]] in 648 during Tang Dynasty [[唐朝<Tángcháo>]], 130 scrolls
晋朝
Jìncháo
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
晋江
Jìnjiāng
Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou [[泉州<Quánzhōu>]], Fujian
晋源
Jìnyuán
Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city [[太原市<Tàiyuánshì>]], Shanxi
晋爵
jìnjué
to join the nobility
晋级
jìnjí
to advance in rank
晋县
Jìnxiàn
Jin county in Hebei
晋见
jìnjiàn
to have an audience with
东晋
DōngJìn
Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
福晋
fújìn
in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
西晋
XīJìn
Western Jin dynasty (265-316)

Alternate Entries

晋
jìn
to move forward / to promote / to advance

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,644
Word Frequency Rank
8,410 of 84,292