Pinyin: jìnEnglish Definition: 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
Chinese Definition:
①向前或向上移动、发展,与“退”相对:前进。上进。推进。跃进。进退。进取。进击。进驻。进行(xíng)。进而。
②入,往里去:进见。进谒。进谗。
③吃,喝:进食。进餐。滴水未进。
④收入或买入:进账。进货。日进斗金。
⑤奉上,呈上:进言。进奉。进献。
⑥旧式房院层次,这所宅子是两进院。
⑦入出退。
Total strokes: 8;
Radical: 辵 Pictophonetic:
井 indicates the sound;
辶 (walk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿺ Surround from lower left
- 辶 [ chuò ] to walk; walking
- 井 [ jǐng ] well, mine shaft, pit