勤
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diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,179 U+52E4
How 勤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 堇 (phonetic, jǐn)
How to remember it
diligent · Heisig RSH #1239
spinach + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 堇
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 堇 (jǐn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堇 sound component | jǐn | yellow loam; clay; season; few |
| 艰 | jiān | difficult, hard; hardship |
| 谨 | jǐn | prudent, cautious, attentive |
| 廑 | jǐn | hut; careful |
| 觐 | jìn | an audience with the emperor |
| 槿 | jǐn | hibiscus |
| 鄞 | yín | a county in Zhejiang province |
| 厪 | jǐn | hut; diligent; careful |
| 瑾 | jǐn | the brilliance or luster of a gem |
Words containing 勤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四体不勤，五谷不分 | sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn | never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite |
| 出满勤，干满点 | chū mǎn qín , gàn mǎn diǎn | to be assiduous and work full hours |
| 地勤人员 | dì qín rén yuán | (airport) ground crew |
| 民勤县 | Mín qín Xiàn | Minqin, a county in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu |
| 后勤学 | hòu qín xué | military logistics |
| 特种空勤团 | Tè zhǒng kōng qín tuán | Special Air Service (SAS) |
| 业精于勤 | yè jīng yú qín | mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous stu… |
| 总后勤部 | Zǒng hòu qín bù | (military) General Logistics Department |
| 勤务员 | qín wù yuán | odd job man; army orderly |
| 地勤 | dì qín | (aviation) ground services; ground staff |
| 勤力 | qín lì | hardworking; diligent |
| 出勤 | chū qín | to go to work; to be present (at work, school etc); to be away on business |
| 特勤 | tè qín | special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions); person on spec… |
| 外勤 | wài qín | work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork; fiel… |
| 通勤 | tōng qín | commuting |
| 空勤 | kōng qín | (aviation) in-flight services; flight crew |
| 勤务兵 | qín wù bīng | army orderly |
| 民勤 | Mín qín | see 民勤縣|民勤县[Min2 qin2 Xian4] |
| 后勤 | hòu qín | logistics |
| 全勤 | quán qín | (of an individual) to have a perfect attendance record; (of a group) to have no absentees |