晋级
jìn​jí

advance

晋 jìn advance Simplified

An advance to the second 亚 day 日

Components

亚
亚 Meaning component
yà Asia, sub-
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

缙戬縉

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodetzìn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

级 jí level Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound. Simplified form of 級.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

及
及 Sound component
jí extend

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

晉 advance Traditional

A platform 一 raised on stilts 厶

Components

一
一 Meaning component
yī one
厶
厶 Meaning component
sī, mǒu private, selfish
厶
厶 Meaning component
sī, mǒu private, selfish
一
一 Meaning component
yī one
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsinHtsi[n]-sJìn (place name)
Zhengzhangʔsins

說文解字

進也。日出萬物進。从日从臸。《易》曰：“明出地上，㬜。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

級 jí level Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

及
及 Sound component
jí extend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkipk(r)əp degree, grade

說文解字

絲次弟也。从糸及聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)