初心

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Chinese

initial; first; beginning
initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
 
heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(初心)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (19) (16)
Final () (22) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhjo sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰɨʌ/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰiɔ/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰiɔ/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰĭo/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chū xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
co1 sam1

Noun

初心

  1. one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal; mission
    不忘初心  ―  bùwàng chūxīn  ―  to stay true to the mission
  2. (Buddhism) mind of a novice, an attitude to learn resembling that of a beginner's, possibly in spite of one's mastery

Synonyms

  • (initial intention):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初心):

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 4
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
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Etymology

From (sho, beginning stages) + (shin, heart).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(しょ)(しん) (shoshin-na (adnominal (しょ)(しん) (shoshin na), adverbial (しょ)(しん) (shoshin ni))

  1. immature, naive

Inflection

Noun

(しょ)(しん) (shoshin

  1. immaturity, naiveté
  2. original intention, original object
  3. (Buddhism) open, eager attitude to learning, as if one is a beginner

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN