进 (jìn): meaning and stroke order
进 (jìn) means to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit.
进
- Simplified
- 进
- Traditional
- 進
- Pinyin
- jìn
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Stroke order of 进
进
- jìn to go forward; to advance
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 進
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Meaning of 进
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jìn
Traditional 進
- to go forward
- to advance
- to go in
- to enter
- to put in
- to submit
- to take in
- to admit
- (math.) base of a number system
- classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
Radical and structure
- 进
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 7 strokes · built from 辶 and 井
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Words with 进
- 进来 jìn lái to come in
- 进士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 进行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
- 走进 zǒu jìn to enter; to step into
- 进去 jìn qù to go in
- 进攻 jìn gōng to attack; to assault
- 进步 jìn bù progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
进 in our stories
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小龙一进水，就变大了，飞上了天。
xiǎo lóng yí jìn shuǐ jiù biàn dà le fēi shàng le tiān
As soon as the little dragon touched the water, it grew big and flew up into the sky.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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老爷爷不好意思地说：“我的腿不太好，靠窗的座位太难进了。”
lǎoyéye bù hǎoyìsi de shuō wǒ de tuǐ bú tài hǎo kào chuāng de zuòwèi tài nán jìn le
The old man says apologetically, "My leg isn't very good, and the window seat is too hard to get into."
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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第二天，她就搬进了这个房间。
dì-èr tiān tā jiù bān jìn le zhè gè fángjiān
The next day she moves in.
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
Stories using 进
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).