Chinese Character Wiki

歆

xīn

like

Components
音 sound component

音  Sound component

yīn

  

sound

欠 meaning component

欠  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

lack

Evolution

歆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
歆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

歆  

xīn

like, admire; willingly, gladly; to quicken; pleased; moved

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[qʰ](r)əm

xim

xīn

enjoy (fragrance)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4418th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+6B46

Shuowen

“歆，神食气也。从欠，音聲。”


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