進

See also: 进

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 隹 (“omission of 閵”)

Han character

進 (radical 162 辵+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜人土 (YOG), four-corner 3030₁, composition ⿺辶隹)

1. advance, make progress, enter

References

• KangXi: page 1259, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38943
• Dae Jaweon: page 1749, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3851, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9032

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Chinese

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trad.		進
simp.		进

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³
    • Yale: jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (進, reconstructed)
Character (進), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 精 (13) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 即刃切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡siɪnH/	/t͡si̯ĕnH/	/t͡siĕnH/	/t͡sinH/	/t͡sinH/	/t͡sĭĕnH/	/t͡sjenH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (進, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
進								jìn								‹ tsinH ›								/*[ts][i][n]-s/								advance (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
進					6775					進					眞					1					晉					/*ʔslins/

Definitions

1. to advance; to move forward
2. to enter; to go into; to come into
   • 一個女孩進了房間 / 一个女孩进了房间  ―  yī ge nǚhái jìn le fángjiān  ―  a girl came into the room
3. (used after a verb) into; in

   • 她把買來的東西裝進了轎車。 [MSC, trad.]

     她把买来的东西装进了轿车。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bǎ mǎi lái de dōngxī zhuāng jìn le jiàochē. [Pinyin]

     She loaded her shopping into the car.

   • 他把我叫進他的辦公室。 [MSC, trad.]

     他把我叫进他的办公室。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bǎ wǒ jiào jìn tā de bàngōngshì. [Pinyin]

     He called me into his office.

4. to receive; to admit; to recruit
5. to give, to offer (advice)

   • 我給你進一句忠告吧。 [MSC, trad.]

     我给你进一句忠告吧。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ gěi nǐ jìn yī jù zhōnggào ba. [Pinyin]

     Let me give you a piece of advice.

6. (used with 球) to score a goal
   • 進球／进球 ("to score a goal")

   • 他踢進了一個球。 [MSC, trad.]

     他踢进了一个球。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā tī jìn le yī ge qiú. [Pinyin]

     He kicked a goal.

7. to eat; to drink
   • 進食／进食 ("to take a meal")
   • 進餐／进餐 ("to have a meal")
8. measure word for rows of houses within an old-style residential compound

Compounds

Derived terms

• 進一步／进一步
• 進不來／进不来
• 進不去／进不去
• 進京／进京
• 進位／进位
• 進佔／进占
• 進來／进来
• 進修／进修
• 進倉／进仓
• 進入／进入
• 進兵／进兵
• 進出／进出
• 進出口／进出口
• 進化／进化
• 進化論／进化论
• 進去／进去
• 進取／进取
• 進口／进口
• 進呈／进呈
• 進城／进城
• 進境／进境
• 進奉／进奉

• 進寸退尺／进寸退尺
• 進尺／进尺
• 進展／进展
• 進度／进度
• 進抵／进抵
• 進擊／进击
• 進攻／进攻
• 進款／进款
• 進步／进步
• 進深／进深
• 進港／进港
• 進犯／进犯
• 進獻／进献
• 進用／进用
• 進發／进发
• 進程／进程
• 進站／进站
• 進而／进而
• 進行／进行
• 進行曲／进行曲
• 進補／进补
• 進襲／进袭

• 進見／进见
• 進言／进言
• 進諫／进谏
• 進貢／进贡
• 進貨／进货
• 進賢／进贤
• 進賬／进账
• 進路／进路
• 進身／进身
• 進軍／进军
• 進退／进退
• 進退兩難／进退两难
• 進退無據／进退无据
• 進退維谷／进退维谷
• 進逼／进逼
• 進酒／进酒
• 進門／进门
• 進項／进项
• 進食／进食
• 進餐／进餐
• 進香／进香
• 進駐／进驻

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Japanese

Kanji

進

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しん (shin), じん (jin)
• Kun: すすむ (susumu), すすめる (susumeru)

• Compounds:
  • 進化 (しんか, shinka)
  • 進出 (しんしゅつ, shinshutsu)
  • 昇進 (しょうしん, shōshin)

Proper noun

進 (hiragana すすむ, romaji Susumu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

進 (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

進 (tiến, tấn, tiên)

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