忱 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chén

truth

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

冘 Sound component

yín, yóu

to move on

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chén

truth, sincerity; sincere; sincerity; honesty

Most common words with 忱

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	热忱	zeal
	忱	sincerity
	满腔热忱	full of enthusiasm
	谢忱	gratitude
	陈忱	Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳\|水浒后传

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[t.ɢ][u]m	dzyim	chén	sincere

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3328th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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