覲 Stroke Order

覲 jìn [Verb] 1. The feudal lords' autumn visit to the emperor. (En. go to court; present oneself before a monarch) 2. Generally refers to the visit to the emperor. (En. seeing the emperor) 3. A general term for greeting or visiting respected individuals or elders. (En. visit; call on) 4. To meet; to pay respects. (En. meet with) 5. To manifest; to show. (En. reveal) 6. To perform sacrificial rites. (En. sacrifice) 7. A variant of "僅" (jǐn). Adverb meaning only, merely. (En. merely) 8. A variant of "瑾" (jǐn). Refers to beautiful jade. (En. beautiful jade) --- 本义: 古代诸侯秋天朝见帝王 (Original meaning: The ancient feudal lords' autumn audience with the emperor) 造字法: 形声。从见，堇( qín)声 (Character formation: Phonetic composition; consists of "见" (to see) and "堇" (qín) sound) --- 引证: 1. 《说文》：诸侯秋朝曰覲。劳王事。 ("Shuowen": The autumn audience of feudal lords is called ‘jìn’. Service to the king.) 2. 《尔雅》：覲，见也。 ("Erya": ‘jìn’ means ‘to see’.) 3. 《周礼·大宗伯》：秋见曰覲。 ("Rites of Zhou": Autumn audience is called ‘jìn’.) 4. 《礼记·曲礼》：天子当依而立，诸侯北面而见天子曰覲。 ("Book of Rites": The emperor is to stand, and the feudal lords face north to see the emperor, called ‘jìn’.) 5. 《诗·大雅·韩奕》：韩侯秋见天子曰覲。 ("Book of Songs": The Lord of Han's autumn audience with the emperor is called ‘jìn’.) 6. 《周礼》：秋覲以比邦国之功。 ("Rites of Zhou": The autumn audience is conducted to compare the merits of states.) --- 下级人员进见君主或上级长官，如：「朝覲」、「覲見」。 (Lower-level personnel present themselves to their monarch or superior, as in: 'court audience', 'pay respects'.) 拜会、访谒。 (To pay respects and visit.) 引用例子: 1. 《左传·昭公十六年》：宣子私覲於子產。 ("Zuo Zhuan": Xuanzi privately visited Zichan.) --- 例子: 又如: 覲接 (to pay respects to a person of higher status); 覲省 (to visit parents); 覲會 (to meet). (For example: to visit someone of higher status; to visit parents; to have a meeting.)