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欣

xīn

happy, joyous

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.

Components
斤 sound component

斤  Sound component

jīn

  

axe

欠 meaning component

欠  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

Depicts an open mouth laughing or rejoicing.

Evolution

欣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
欣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
欣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

欣  

xīn

happy, joyous, delighted; happy

Most common words with 欣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

欣赏

to enjoy

欣慰

to be gratified

欣

happy

欣喜

happy

欣然

gladly

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

掀 锨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰər

xj+n

xīn

rejoice


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 20.2467% of movies

1541st most common character in movies

1523rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6B23

Shuowen

“欣，笑喜也。从欠，斤聲。”


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