井

Derived characters

 * ( from and )
 * ( from and )

Descendants

 * ( character derived from )

Glyph origin
– a square well, with supports on four sides.

Some forms have a stone inside the well, as in 丼.

Definitions

 * 1) well a hole sunk into the ground
 * 2) well-shaped object; mineshaft, pit
 * 3) hometown
 * 4) neat; tidy
 * 5) 48th hexagram of the I Ching
 * 1) 48th hexagram of the I Ching

Kanji

 * 1) well

Compounds

 * : well curb
 * : well
 * : salamander, newt
 * : sweet well
 * : frog in a well
 * : well water
 * : well, well water
 * : bottom of a well
 * : oil well
 * : well, well water
 * : bottom of a well
 * : oil well
 * : oil well

Etymology 1
wi > i.

Noun

 * 1) well

Derived terms

 * : metaphor of a narrow world view based on limited experience (literally, "a frog in a well does not know the great ocean")

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) well, well curb

Proper noun

 * 1) Well (Chinese constellation)

Etymology
From.