歡心

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Chinese

joyous; happy; pleased heart; mind
trad. (歡心)
simp. (欢心)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (16)
Final () (62) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter xwan sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/huɑn/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɑn/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɑn/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwan/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/xuɑn/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/xuɑn/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xuɑn/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huān xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fun1 sam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huān xīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ xwan › ‹ sim ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷʰˁar/ /*səm/
English rejoice; joyous heart

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4487 13801
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰoːn/ /*slɯm/

Noun

歡心

  1. liking; favour; love