Read Edit View history Discussion 堇 jǐn clay Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of burning a tortured person (𦰩) over fire (火) as sacrifice, now written as 熯. The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay". Pinyin Separate values with commas jǐn ×qín ×jìn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a tortured person sighing. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 堇 Simp strokes 堇 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 土, but is unrelated. 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467 634 474 Q 668 480 682 465 Q 691 453 667 382 C 658 353 701 347 715 373 Z", "M 537 327 Q 618 334 726 338 Q 736 339 738 348 Q 738 355 715 373 L 667 382 Q 666 383 664 382 Q 598 372 538 361 L 488 354 Q 413 347 348 342 C 318 340 321 308 351 308 Q 360 307 370 309 Q 416 318 488 323 L 537 327 Z", "M 535 230 Q 694 254 701 258 Q 710 265 706 273 Q 700 285 674 293 Q 649 300 536 272 L 488 263 Q 418 254 339 253 Q 305 250 328 233 Q 358 209 439 219 Q 461 222 488 224 L 535 230 Z", "M 533 130 Q 677 154 681 156 Q 688 162 686 170 Q 680 180 656 188 Q 631 195 604 187 Q 570 180 534 171 L 486 161 Q 425 154 354 151 Q 323 148 343 132 Q 376 111 445 119 Q 464 122 486 123 L 533 130 Z", "M 534 171 Q 534 202 535 230 L 536 272 Q 536 300 537 327 L 538 361 Q 538 410 541 460 L 542 487 Q 542 523 541 524 Q 525 540 509 550 C 484 567 453 570 464 542 Q 483 497 486 479 L 488 453 Q 488 435 488 354 L 488 323 Q 488 296 488 263 L 488 224 Q 487 196 486 161 L 486 123 Q 486 95 486 60 C 486 30 532 34 532 64 Q 532 98 533 130 L 534 171 Z", "M 486 60 Q 354 50 202 38 Q 180 37 195 19 Q 210 3 228 -3 Q 249 -10 266 -6 Q 491 45 843 23 Q 864 22 869 31 Q 876 43 859 58 Q 805 101 767 94 Q 679 79 532 64 L 486 60 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.