井 jǐng a well

源How it came to be

The cribbing round the mouth of a well seen from above: four timbers laid across each other to keep the sides from falling in.

用用法

• A well (for water) - 水井 (shuǐjǐng) water well; 一口井 (yì kǒu jǐng) a well (measure word 口).
• Pictographs the well's frame. Famous idiom 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐ zhī wā) 'a frog at the bottom of a well' - someone with a narrow worldview. Also 井井有条 (jǐngjǐng-yǒutiáo) neat and orderly.

字含“井”的汉字

• 进 enter
• 讲 talk
• 耕 to plow
• 阱 trap

词含“井”的词语

• 井底之蛙jǐngdǐzhīwāliterally a frog at the bottom of a wellHSK 8