菁 (jīng): leek flower, lush, luxuriant
菁 (jīng) is a Chinese character meaning “leek flower.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 青 (phonetic). It ranks #4295 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 菁 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 蒸 (zhēng, to steam), 草 (cǎo, grass), 花 (huā, flower).
Definitions
- leek flower
- lush
- luxuriant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芜菁 | wú jīng | turnip |
| 去芜存菁 | qù wú cún jīng | lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers |
| 菁英noun | jīng yīng | elite |
| 菁华noun | jīng huá | the cream |
| 芜菁甘蓝 | wú jīng gān lán | rutabaga (vegetable) |
| 蔓菁noun | mán jing | turnip |
菁 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 菁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
项菁 摄 过去,人们对鲁迅的认知大多来自书本。
xiàng jīng shè guò qù , rén men duì lǔ xùn de rèn zhī dà duō lái zì shū běn .
Photo by Xiang Jing. In the past, people’s understanding of Lu Xun came mostly from books.
带着上述观察,本报记者与山西省科普作家协会会员方菁展开了对话。
dài zhe shàng shù guān chá , běn bào jì zhě yǔ shān xī shěng kē pǔ zuò jiā xié huì huì yuán fāng jīng zhǎn kāi le duì huà .
With these observations in mind, our reporter spoke with Fang Jing, a member of the Shanxi Association of Science Writers.
项菁 摄 当晚剧场内座无虚席,掌声如潮。
xiàng jīng shè dāng wǎn jù chǎng nèi zuò wú xū xí , zhǎng shēng rú cháo .
Photo by Xiang Jing. That evening, the theater was packed to capacity, and the applause was thunderous.
项菁 摄 摸清“家底”,构建名人“新谱系” 正值夏季,绍兴名人馆内游人如织。
xiàng jīng shè mō qīng jiā dǐ , gòu jiàn míng rén xīn pǔ xì zhèng zhí xià jì , shào xīng míng rén guǎn nèi yóu rén rú zhī .
Photo by Xiang Jing: Taking Stock of Local Resources to Build a “New Genealogy” of Famous Figures. With summer in full swing, the Shaoxing Hall of Famous Figures is bustling with visitors.
Character Family
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