缙 (jìn): red silk

缙 (jìn) is a Chinese character meaning “red silk.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 晋 (phonetic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 缙 silk. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 红 (hóng, red), 线 (xiàn, line, thread), 结 (jié, knot, result).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 纟 silk13 strokesFrequency #9999纟 semantic晋 phonetic

Definitions

  1. red silk

Etymology & Origin

缙

pictophoneticsilk

Decomposition: ⿰纟晋 (layout: left-right)

Components:纟semantic晋phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
缙云县jìn yún xiànJinyun, a county in Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市, Zhejiang
缙云proper-nounjìn yúnsee 縉雲縣|缙云县
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Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

缙 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

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品乡愁促共富 浙江缙云乡土文艺“唤醒”山乡活力

pǐn xiāng chóu cù gòng fù zhè jiāng jìn yún xiāng tǔ wén yì huàn xǐng shān xiāng huó lì

Cultivating Nostalgia to Promote Shared Prosperity: Zhejiang’s Jinyun County Revitalizes Mountain Villages Through Local Arts and Culture

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（走进中国乡村）老戏唱出“年轻态” 浙江缙云婺剧带动富民兴村产业

( zǒu jìn zhōng guó xiāng cūn ) lǎo xì chàng chū nián qīng tài zhè jiāng jìn yún wù jù dài dòng fù mín xīng cūn chǎn yè

(A Glimpse into Rural China) Traditional Opera Takes on a “Youthful Vibe”: Wuju Opera in Jinyun, Zhejiang, Drives Economic Growth and Village Revitalization

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (silk) component

经jīng给gěi结jié统tǒng约yuē组zǔ线xiàn级jí续xù绝jué

Related Characters

红hóng线xiàn结jié给gěi经jīng级jí统tǒng继jì维wéi练liàn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 缙 (jìn) mean in Chinese?
缙 (jìn) primarily means "red silk." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 缙 and 戬?
缙 (jìn) and 戬 (jiǎn) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 纟 vs 戈 (same 晋 component).
How many strokes does 缙 have?
缙 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 缙?
The radical associated with 缙 is 纟 (silk). This radical appears in many characters related to silk.
What are the components of 缙?
缙 is composed of: 纟 (semantic), 晋 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰纟晋 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 缙?
Common words with 缙 include: 缙云县 (jìn yún xiàn, "Jinyun, a county in Lishui City 麗水市|丽水市, Zhejiang"); 缙云 (jìn yún, "see 縉雲縣|缙云县"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 缙 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 缙 and the traditional form is 縉.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.