井 jǐng

1. jǐng noun a well
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '井' n 1; Kroll 2015 '井' 1, p. 218; Unihan '井'; XHZD '井' 1, p. 360)
2. jǐng noun a shaft; a pit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '井' n 2; Kroll 2015 '井' 1a, p. 218; Unihan '井'; XHZD '井' 2, p. 360)
3. jǐng proper noun Jing [constellation]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The 22nd of 28 (Kroll 2015 '井' 4, p. 218; XHZD '井' 3, p. 360)
4. jǐng noun something in the shape of the jing character
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '井' 2, p. 218)
5. jǐng proper noun Jing [hexagram]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The 48th hexagram in the Yijing (Guoyu '井' n 6; Kroll 2015 '井' 5, p. 218)
6. jǐng noun a residential area
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 市井 town (Guoyu '井' n 3)
7. jǐng noun ancestral home
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 鄉井 (Guoyu '井' n 4)
8. jǐng noun jing field system
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A historic system of dividing fields, called 井田 (Guoyu '井' n 5)
9. jǐng proper noun Jing [surname]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '井' n 7)

Contained in

• 吃水不忘掘井人 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.
• 沙井 manhole
• 秩序井然 in perfect order
• 市井 marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu) ; traders; business people ; street people
• 井田 the well-field system of ancient China ; farm fields
• 井上 Inoue
• 绮井(綺井) ceiling (architecture)
• 井喷(井噴) (oil well) blowout; surge; gush
• 藤井 Fujii (Japanese surname)
• 井字棋 tic-tac-toe
• 背井离乡(背井離鄉) to leave one's native place, especially against one's will
• 井水 well water
• 坎儿井(坎兒井) karez, qanat or horizontal well
• 天井 courtyard; patio; veranda; atrium ; acupuncture point TB10
• 沉井 open caisson
• 石井 Ishii
• 井盐(井鹽) well salt
• 乡井(鄉井) ancestral home
• 藻井 a plafond; a decorative ceiling; cupula; caisson; caisson ceiling
• 凿井(鑿井) to dig a well
• 发射井(發射井) launching silo
• 矿井(礦井) a mine; a mine shaft
• 水井 (water) well
• 井然 tidy; methodical
• 离乡背井(離鄉背井) to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
• 井蛙之见(井蛙之見) the view of a frog in a well; a narrow view
• 狼井 wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
• 坑井 (mine) galleries and pits
• 油井 oil well
• 许愿井(許願井) a wishing well
• 井口 entrance to well
• 离家别井(離家別井) to leave home; to abandon one's family
• 井水不犯河水 everyone minds their own business
• 临渴掘井(臨渴掘井) not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute
• 跳井 to jump into a well (to drown oneself, especially of ladies in fiction)
• 打井 to dig a well
• 落井下石 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well; to hit a person who is down
• 钻井(鑽井) to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole

Also contained in

坂井 、 井陉 、 井陉县 、 井陉矿 、 龙井市 、 王府井 、 甘井子区 、 井研 、 玉井乡 、 三井 、 深井 、 石炭井 、 井田制

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 188
• 卷五十三 志第六 天文六 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Astronomy 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 148
• 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 129
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 105
• 卷三十三　　　　志第二十三　　天文三 Volume 33 Treatises 27: Astronomy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 71
• 卷二十六 志第二 天文二 Volume 26 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
• 卷105之二 天象志一之二 Volume 105b Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 65
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 49
• 卷十二 志第四 天文上 Volume 12 Treatises 4: Astronomy 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 46
• 卷三十六 志第十六: 天文下 Volume 36 Treatises 16: Astronomy 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 43

Collocations

• 东井 (東井) 日在東井 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 9
• 入井 (入井) 赤子匍匐將入井 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公上 Teng Wen Gong I — count: 6
• 穿井 (穿井) 是譬猶噎而穿井也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 公孟 Book 12 - Gong Meng — count: 6
• 一井 (一井) 五十步一井屏 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 6
• 野井 (野井) 齊侯唁公于野井 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 井中 (井中) 隊其子於井中 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 6
• 掘井 (掘井) 辟若掘井 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心上 Jin Xin I — count: 5
• 井灶 (井灶) 井灶蔥韭盡取焉 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 塞井 (塞井) 塞井夷灶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 井夷 (井夷) 塞井夷灶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4