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Mythic Mandarin

精 (jīng): meaning and stroke order

精 (jīng) means essence, extract, vitality, energy, semen, sperm, mythical goblin spirit, highly perfected.

精

Simplified
精
Traditional
精 (same form)
Pinyin
jīng

Stroke order of 精

精

  • jīng essence; extract
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 精

  1. jīng
    • essence
    • extract
    • vitality
    • energy
    • semen
    • sperm
    • mythical goblin spirit
    • highly perfected
    • elite
    • the pick of sth
    • proficient (refined ability)
    • extremely (fine)
    • selected rice (archaic)

Radical and structure

精
Radical 米 (Kangxi radical 119) · 14 strokes · 米 on the left, 青 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 精

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).