jìn to advance; to enter; to score

Made up of [ chuò walking radical 162, jǐng well ]
Made with 7 strokes.
The walking radical provides the concept of motion. The 'well' part replaces what was originally a bird, as birds can only fly forward, it indicates forward movement.

Related characters


Also uses chuò component: biān (side) dào (road) féng (to meet by chance) guò (past) hái (still) jìn (near) lián (to link) liáo (distant) (to bewilder) (riddle) tōng (open) yíng (welcome) (to meet) yuǎn (far) yùn (to move) zhè (this)

Sounds same

jìn (near) jìn jìn (to prohibit)

Different tone

jīn (ferry crossing) jīn (metal) jīn (modern) jīn (axe) jīn (scarf) jīn (metal)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 进
Stroke order for character 进, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

循序渐进 xún xù jiàn jìn To make steady step by step progress towards an end