漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
勁: strong
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 巠(form)
- 力power(meaning)
力 carries the meaning · 巠 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 発勁はっけいfa jin; releasing internal power explosively
- 勁捷けいしょうstrong and nimble
- 勁敵けいてきformidable foe
Also read つよい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 劲 · traditional, as in Japanese · jìn
Japan keeps the traditional form 勁; mainland China simplifies it to 劲.
- Simplified
- 劲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 勁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jìn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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