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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 晋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
晋 jìn - surname Jin
- the Jin Dynasties (265-420)
- Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946)
- short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1xi1]
晋 jìn - to move forward
- to promote
- to advance

List Ranking for: 晋

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 22,607 8,098 13,537

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 亚 日

Radical:

日

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

An advance to the second 亚 day 日

Other Words Containing 晋

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
晋级 - 7 3,058 6,176 13,029
晋升 6 7 11,871 13,681 16,432
晋 - - 22,607 8,098 13,537
晋见 - - 35,332 75,301 105,368