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Kanji Detail for 晉 - "advance, state, dynasty, hexagram"
晉
- Meaning
晉 means "advance, state, dynasty, hexagram."
Advance - To progress.
State - Name of an ancient state established when King Cheng of Zhou enfeoffed his brother; flourished in the Spring and Autumn period before splitting into Zhao, Han, and Wei.
Dynasty - Name of a dynasty founded by Sima Yan; Western Jin.
Dynasty - Name of a dynasty founded by Shi Jingtang; one of the Five Dynasties.
Hexagram - One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
advance
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
advance, increase; promote; hexagram ䷢
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to advance; to increase; to promote
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To advance. Such as 孟晉 means to strive to advance. From "Ban Gu's Rhapsody." | Dynasty name. Jin Wudi Sima Yan received the abdication from Wei and ruled. Changed the dynastic name to Jin (265 CE). There were fifteen emperors over 156 years. Abdicated to Song. | State name. King Cheng of Zhou enfeoffed his brother Shuyu at Tang. His son moved to Jin. Located in present-day northeast of Taiyuan County, Shanxi. During the Spring and Autumn period, it occupied eastern Shanxi and western Hebei. Later divided among the three great families Zhao, Han, and Wei. Hence Shanxi Province is now called Jin.
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