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欽

qīn

respect

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

Components
釒 meaning component

釒  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

欠 sound component

欠  Sound component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

Evolution

欽 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
欽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

钦 (欽) 

qīn

respect, admire; respectful; to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself

钦 (欽) 

Qīn

surname Qin

Most common words with 欽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钦佩

to admire

钦

to respect

叶利钦

Yeltsin (name)

令人钦佩

admirable

钦差

imperial envoy

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

撳

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5469% of movies

2858th most common character in movies

2147th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

钦

Unicode

U+6B3D

Shuowen

“欽，欠皃。从欠，金聲。”


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