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觐

jìn

Character Traditional 覲

What 觐 means

1. (history) to have an audience with the Emperor

Words starting with 觐

• 觐见jìn jiànto have an audience (with the Emperor)

Words containing 觐

• 朝觐cháo jìnto give audience (of emperor); retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign; hajj (Islam)

Characters built on 堇

These share the phonetic component 堇 (jǐn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 谨jǐncautious; careful; solemnly
• 勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 瑾jǐnbrilliancy (of gems)
• 馑jǐntime of famine or crop failure
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 鄞yínused in 鄞州

Characters that look like 觐

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

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 觑qùto spy; watch for

Sounds the same

Read jìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进to go forward; to advance; to go in
• 近near; close to; approximately
• 尽to use up; to exhaust; to end
• 禁to prohibit; to forbid
• 劲strength; energy; enthusiasm
• 浸to immerse; to soak; to steep
• 晋to move forward; to promote; to advance
• 靳martingale; stingy
• 妗wife of mother's brother
• 烬(bound form) cinders; ashes
• 噤unable to speak; silent
• 缙red silk