井
a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #855 U+4E95
How 井 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A mine or well
How to remember it
well · Heisig RSH #1358
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 井 as their sound component
These characters all use 井 (jǐng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 井 sound component | jǐng | well, mine shaft, pit |
| 进 | jìn | to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter |
| 讲 | jiǎng | talk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain |
| 耕 | gēng | to plow, to cultivate |
| 肼 | jǐng | hydrazine |
Words containing 井
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自流井区 | Zì liú jǐng Qū | Ziliujing, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 市井小民 | shì jǐng xiǎo mín | ordinary people; the hoi polloi; commoner |
| 井水不犯河水 | jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ | (saying) everyone minds their own business |
| 河水不犯井水 | hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ | see 井水不犯河水[jing3 shui3 bu4 fan4 he2 shui3] |
| 古井无波 | gǔ jǐng wú bō | (idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences |
| 落井下石 | luò jǐng xià shí | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down |
| 龙井区 | Lóng jǐng Qū | Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市[Tai2 zhong1 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 自流井 | Zì liú jǐng | see 自流井區|自流井区[Zi4 liu2 jing3 Qu1] |
| 龙井市 | Lóng jǐng Shì | Longjing, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Ya… |
| 投井下石 | tóu jǐng xià shí | see 落井下石[luo4 jing3 xia4 shi2] |
| 发射井 | fā shè jǐng | launching silo |
| 甘井子区 | Gān jǐng zi Qū | Ganjingzi, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 井水 | jǐng shuǐ | well water |
| 市井 | shì jǐng | marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people |
| 水井 | shuǐ jǐng | (water) well |
| 天井 | tiān jǐng | courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point T… |
| 井上 | Jǐng shàng | Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") |
| 三井 | Sān jǐng | Mitsui (Japanese company) |
| 井下 | jǐng xià | underground; in the pit (mining) |
| 井口 | jǐng kǒu | mouth of a well |