芯

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芯 U+82AF, 芯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AF
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Translingual

Han character

芯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿心 (TP), four-corner 44330, composition ⿱艹心)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30732
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+82AF

Chinese

trad. 芯
simp. # 芯

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

芯

  1. pith from the common rush (Juncus effusus), used as lamp wick
  2. lamp wick
  3. (in general) core material (of something); centre; wick; pencil lead

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

芯

  1. Only used in 芯子 (xìnzi, “fuse; tongue of a snake”).

Japanese

Kanji

芯

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
芯
しん
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 芯.

Pronunciation

Noun

芯(しん) • (shin) 

  1. core, heart
    トイレットペーパーの芯(しん)
    toiretto pēpā no shin
    inner cardboard tube of a roll of toilet paper
  2. pencil lead
    替(か)え芯(しん)
    kaeshin
    replacement lead
  3. wick

References

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

Korean

Hanja

芯 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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