安心

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Chinese

content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
heart; mind
trad. (安心)
simp. #(安心)
anagram 心安

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (16)
Final () (61) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'an sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑn/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑn/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑn/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔan/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑn/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/ɑn/ /sĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑn/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ān xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
on1 sam1

Verb

安⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to be relieved; to feel at ease
  2. to keep one's mind on something
  3. to harbour (malicious) intentions

Synonyms

  • (to be relieved): 放心 (fàngxīn)

Adjective

安心

  1. relieved; at ease

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安心):

References

  • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “2093 放心”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 489.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
安神 (rare)

From Middle Chinese compound 安心 (MC 'an sim). Compare modern Chinese 安心 (ānxīn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あん)(しん) (anshin-na (adnominal (あん)(しん) (anshin na), adverbial (あん)(しん) (anshin ni))

  1. unworrying, safe
Inflection

Noun

(あん)(しん) (anshin

  1. relief
  2. lack of worry, peace of mind
Synonyms
Derived terms
Idioms

Verb

(あん)(しん)する (anshin suruintransitive suru (stem (あん)(しん) (anshin shi), past (あん)(しん)した (anshin shita))

  1. to have one's heart at ease, to feel easy, to be relieved
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
しん > じん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 安心 (MC 'an sim), likely through (あん)(しん) (anshin) above. The shin changes to jin as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あん)(じん) (anjin

  1. (Buddhism) equanimity

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

安心 (ansim) (hangeul 안심)

  1. hanja form? of 안심 (relief, peacefulness)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

安心

  1. chữ Hán form of yên tâm (to be reassured)