靓 (jìng) — beautiful, attractive (bound form, used in compounds)
Definition
靓 (jìng) is a bound, written/literary form meaning 'beautiful' — it never stands alone, only in compounds like 靓丽, 靓妆. Far more formal than the everyday 漂亮.
bound form
beautifulattractive (bound form, used in compounds)
Examples
- 靓。Tā chuān le yí jiàn jìng lì de qún zi.She wore a beautiful dress.
- 靓，。Zhè fú huà sè cǎi jìng lì, fēi cháng piào liang.This painting has beautiful colors, very lovely.
- 靓，。Tā xǐ huan jìng zhuāng, měi cì chū mén dōu dǎ bàn dé hěn jīng zhì.She likes fine dressing; every time she goes out she is exquisitely dressed.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 靚; 靓 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng靚jìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
The traditional form 靚 combines 見, the seeing part, with 青 as its sound; the simplified 靓 is a later shorthand.
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