沁 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qìn

soak into

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 心 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

心 Sound component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qìn

soak into, seep in, percolate; to seep; to percolate

Most common words with 沁

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	沁	to seep
	沁人心脾	to gladden the heart
	科尔沁	Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer
	沁源	Qingyuan county in Changzhi 長治\|长治[Chángzhì], Shanxi
	沁阳市	Qinyang county level city in Jiaozuo 焦作[Jiāozuò], Henan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3025th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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