Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

晋: advance

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 亚 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 晋しんJin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE)
  • 晋山しんざんtaking up a new position as chief priest…
  • 晋書しんじょHistory of the Jin Dynasty

Also read すすむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亚

Also built on 亚

日

Also built on sun (日)

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Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
晋 advance · 亚
vs湿 damp · 氵 + 业
晋 has 亚 where 湿 has 氵 + 业.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jìn

Same form: 晋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
晋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
晋 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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