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堇

jǐn

Character

What 堇 means

1. clay
2. old variant of {仅|jǐn}
3. violet (plant)

Words starting with 堇

• 堇色jǐn sèviolet (color)
• 堇菜jǐn càiviolet (botany)

Words containing 堇

• 三色堇sān sè jǐnpansy

Characters that look like 堇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read jǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仅barely; only; merely
• 紧tight; strict; close at hand
• 谨cautious; careful; solemnly
• 锦brocade; embroidered work; bright
• 尽to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme…
• 瑾brilliancy (of gems)
• 馑time of famine or crop failure
• 槿Hibiscus syriacus; transient
• 卺nuptial wine cup
• 厪hut
• 墐bury; plaster with mud
• 廑careful; hut; variant of 仅