ēn
kindness
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 恩
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
favor | ||
to be grateful | ||
Thanksgiving Day | ||
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 | ||
Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ʔˤə[n] | 'on | ēn | kindness, favor |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 40.8297% of movies
502nd most common character in movies
888th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+6069 |
Shuowen | “恩,惠也。从心,因聲。” |
Sources
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