津 — Chinese character
津
jīn
saliva, sweat; ferry, ford
- Pinyin
- jīn
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 聿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 聿
- Japanese
- 津 as a kanji
Common words with 津
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 津贴 (津貼) | jīn tiē | allowance |
| 津津乐道 (津津樂道) | jīn jīn lè dào | to discuss sth enthusiastically |
| 问津 (問津) | wèn jīn | to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative) |
| 无人问津 (無人問津) | wú rén wèn jīn | to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) |
| 津液 | jīn yè | bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine) |
| 津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure |
| 津津 | jīn jīn | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 迷津 | mí jīn | a maze; to lose the way |
| 指点迷津 (指點迷津) | zhǐ diǎn mí jīn | to show sb how to get to the right path |
| 要津 | yào jīn | strategic location; important hub; key post; prominent position |
| 津梁 | jīn liáng | (literary) guide; person or thing serving as a bridge to further progress |
| 生津 | shēng jīn | (TCM) to promote the secretion of saliva |
English words written with 津
津 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Zhuangzi 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.