jìng, a standard secondary character in modern Chinese, is pronounced as Ji ? ng in Putonghua, which was first seen in the bronze age and belongs to pictophonetic characters in Liushu. The basic meaning of "Jing" is slim and slender, such as Shu Miaojing's slim waist, and the extended meaning is talented.

Jing, first seen in the Bronze Age, was later discovered in the Xiao Zhuan Age of the Qin Dynasty. The simplified version of the regular script with the word "Jing" evolved from the Xiao Zhuan Age of the Qin Dynasty.