衷心

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Chinese

inner feelings heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(衷心) 		衷 心

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衷 衷 心
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 知 (9) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 東 (2) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 陟弓切 陟仲切 息林切
Baxter trjuwng trjuwngH sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈɨuŋ/ /ʈɨuŋH/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiuŋ/ /ʈiuŋH/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiuŋ/ /ȶiuŋH/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈuwŋ/ /ʈuwŋH/ /sim/
Li
Rong 		/ȶiuŋ/ /ȶiuŋH/ /siəm/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭuŋ/ /ȶĭuŋH/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯uŋ/ /ȶi̯uŋH/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhōng zhòng xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung1 zung3 sam1

Adjective

衷心

  1. from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; deep; genuine; wholehearted

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衷心):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衷 心
ちゅう
Grade: S 		しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 衷心 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH sim).

First cited to a text from 1382.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

衷(ちゅう)心(しん) • (chūshin) 

  1. one's heart, innermost feelings
    衷(ちゅう)心(しん)よりお悔(くや)み申(もう)し上(あ)げます
    chūshin yori o-kuyami mōshiagemasu
    Let me express my deepest condolences.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
衷心

Noun

衷心 • (chungsim) (hangeul 충심)

  1. hanja form? of 충심
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