竟
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Depicts a tattoo tool (辛) marking a person's (人) head as punishment for a crime. Based on the original meaning "tattoo criminals on the face", now written as 黥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
竟
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
竟 [jìng]
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
Japanese
- end; final
- end of life; death
- never; not at all
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
竟 きわむ
Kiwamu given name
CHINESE WORDS (12)
竟然 [jìngrán] #1,549
unexpectedly
究竟 [jiūjìng] #1,282
to go to the bottom of a matter
毕竟 [bìjìng] #2,898
after all
毕竟 [bìjìng] #2,898
after all
竟敢 [jìnggǎn] #8,040
to have the impertinence
有志者事竟成 [yǒuzhìzhěshìjìngchéng] #32,672
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
未竟 [wèijìng] #42,843
unfinished
未竟之志 [wèijìngzhīzhì] #70,067
unfulfilled ambition
有志竟成 [yǒuzhìjìngchéng] #70,273
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
一探究竟 [yītànjiūjìng]
to check out
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