How to Say
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jìng
Radical: 女 11 strokes
Meaning: slender; delicate
💡 女 (woman) + 青 (green/young) = slender, like a young green shoot.
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📚 Character Story & Explanation

婧 (jìng) meaning in English —

婧 (jìng) is a Chinese character composed of the radical 女 (woman) and the phonetic component 青 (qīng, meaning 'green' or 'young'). It conveys the meaning of 'slender' or 'delicate', often used in classical literature to describe a woman's graceful and refined beauty. Unlike Western terms like 'slim' or 'elegant', 婧 carries a subtle poetic nuance associated with feminine virtue and aesthetic perfection. It is rarely used in modern daily speech but appears in names and literary contexts.

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