琼
jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan province
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,142 U+743C
How 琼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 京 (phonetic, jīng)
How to remember it
fine jade · Heisig RSH #3016
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 京
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 京 (jīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 京 sound component | jīng | capital city |
| 惊 | jīng | to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm |
| 就 | jiù | just, simply; to go to; to approach, near |
| 凉 | liáng | cool, cold; disheartened |
| 鲸 | jīng | whale |
| 掠 | lüè | to pillage, to ransack |
| 椋 | liáng | fruit |
| 谅 | liàng | to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume |
| 晾 | liàng | to air-dry; to sun-dry |
| 黥 | qíng | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals |
| 辌 | liáng | carriage, hearse |
Words containing 琼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道琼斯指数 | Dào Qióng sī Zhǐ shù | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| 琼中黎族苗族自治县 | Qióng zhōng Lí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 布琼布拉 | Bù qióng bù lā | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi |
| 琼山区 | Qióng shān Qū | Qiongshan, a district of Haikou City 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4], Hainan |
| 琼中县 | Qióng zhōng xiàn | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 琼海市 | Qióng hǎi Shì | Qionghai City, Hainan |
| 道琼斯 | Dào Qióng sī | Dow Jones (stock market index) |
| 琼结县 | Qióng jié Xiàn | Qonggyai, a county in Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 琼州海峡 | Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá | Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China) |
| 琼斯顿 | Qióng sī dùn | Johnston (name) |
| 琼山 | Qióng shān | see 瓊山區|琼山区[Qiong2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 琼中 | Qióng zhōng | Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 琼斯 | Qióng sī | Jones (name) |
| 琼海 | Qióng hǎi | Qionghai City, Hainan |
| 道琼 | Dào Qióng | Dow Jones (stock market index) |
| 琼州 | Qióng zhōu | Qiongzhou, historic name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3] |
| 仙山琼阁 | xiān shān qióng gé | jeweled palace in the fairy mountain |
| 琼浆玉液 | qióng jiāng yù yè | bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals; superb liquor; top quality wine |
| 琼结 | Qióng jié | see 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 Xian4] |
| 琼楼玉宇 | qióng lóu yù yǔ | bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling |