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井

Mandarin · pinyin jǐng#

a well
Classifier: 口 kǒu
neat
orderly

Mandarin · pinyin Jǐng#

Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
surname Jing

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井: jǐng · well, mine shaft, pit; surname; 22nd lunar mansion, determinative star μ Geminorum (Tejat); hexagram ䷯

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3 · jing3

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zeng2 · zing2

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character · Etymology 1

well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)
well-shaped object; mineshaft, pit
hometown
neat; tidy
48th hexagram of the I Ching
a surname

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