jìng

footpath

track; diameter; straight; directly

step (彳) + hand (又) + work (工) = a direct footpath

彳 signals movement or a path on foot. 又 and 工 together form the phonetic core, giving roughly the jìng sound; the meaning of a narrow, direct track comes from the 彳 radical.

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The right handPhonetic
WorkPhonetic
A small stepSemantic

他沿着小走进了树林。

tā yán zhe xiǎo jìng zǒu jìn le shù lín。

he walked along the path into the woods.

这个圆的直是十厘米。

zhè ge yuán de zhí jìng shì shí lí mǐ。

the diameter of this circle is ten centimeters.

Words with 径

幽径

yōu jìng

secluded path

径向

jìng xiàng

radial (direction)

途径

tú jìng

way; means; channel

邪径

xié jìng

see 邪路[xie2 lu4]

野径

yě jìng

country path

门径

mén jìng

access

阴径

yīn jìng

erroneous written form of 陰莖|阴茎[yin1 jing1]

云雾径迹

yún wù jìng jì

cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)

霞径

xiá jìng

a misty path

一径

yī jìng

directly

中径

zhōng jìng

diameter

仄径

zè jìng

narrow path

More characters with 彳