井

See also 丼, and 幷

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a square well, with supports on four sides. Compare 丼.

Han character

井 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿 (TT), four-corner 5500₀)

1. well, mine shaft, pit

Synonyms

• (well): 丼

Descendants

• ヰ

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 258
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 10, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4E95

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Cantonese

Hanzi

井 (Yale jeng2, jing2)

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Japanese

Etymology

wi > i.

Noun

A well (井, 丼)

井 (hiragana い, romaji i, historical hiragana ゐ)

1. a well

Derived terms

• 井の中の蛙大海を知らず

Kanji

井 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: せい (sei), しょう (shō)
• Kun: い (i), いど (ido), ゐ (wi, outdated)

Compounds

• 井堰
• 井桁
• 井戸
• 井綱
• 井守
• 井泉
• 井底
• 井筒
• 井目

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Korean

Hanja

井 (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

井 (pinyin jǐng (jing3), Wade-Giles ching³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

井 (tỉnh)