HSK 6 · Places

井 jǐng “well (for water)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 井 means

  1. well (for water)
  2. a well
  3. neat
  4. orderly

Measure word 口 kǒu · 一口井 yì kǒu jǐng

How to say 井

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale井jǐng3rd tone, dipping

井 in a sentence

  1. 这口井里没有水。

    Zhè kǒu jǐng lǐ méiyǒu shuǐ.

    There’s no water in this well.

    Sentence #895791 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这口井干涸了。

    Zhè kǒu jǐng gānhé le.

    This well has dried up.

    Sentence #866153 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他就像井底之蛙。

    Tā jiù xiàng jǐng dǐ zhī wā.

    He’s like a frog at the bottom of a well.

    Sentence #972236 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 井 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 井 (jǐng) drawn as one shape
井jǐnga well

井 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 井

井 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

井 (jǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 井 (jǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 井

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FAQs

井 (jǐng) means “well (for water)” or “a well”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jǐng: jǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 井 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 口 (kǒu). For example, one well (for water) is 一口井 (yì kǒu jǐng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 井 from the suggestions. Typing jing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
井 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.