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靳

jìn

Character

What 靳 means

1. martingale
2. stingy

Other readings

靳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jìnsurname Jin

Characters built on 斤

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

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 欣xīnhappy
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 昕xīndawn
• 忻xīnhappy

Characters that look like 靳

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 靼dá(phonetic); dressed leather
• 剿chāoto plagiarize

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
• 妗wife of mother's brother
• 烬(bound form) cinders; ashes
• 觐(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 噤unable to speak; silent
• 缙red silk