欣

欣 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹中弓人 (HLNO), four-corner 7728₂, composition ⿰斤欠)

• 俽 掀 惞 焮 鍁 (锨) 𢜛 𦲽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 566, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16008
• Dae Jaweon: page 954, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2135, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6B23

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯn) : phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns) + semantic 欠.

Probably from the same word family as 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).

欣

1. happy; joyous; delighted

   • 問征夫以前路，恨晨光之熹微。乃瞻衡宇，栽欣載奔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问征夫以前路，恨晨光之熹微。乃瞻衡宇，栽欣载奔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《歸去來辭 / 归去来辞》, 陶淵明 / 陶渊明, translated by James Robert Hightower

     Wèn zhēngfū yǐqián lù, hèn chénguāng zhī xīwēi. Nǎi zhān héngyǔ, zāi xīn zǎi bēn.

     I ask a passerby about the road ahead, grudging the dimness of the light at dawn. Then I catch sight of my cottage—filled with joy I run.

2. ^† to submit willingly; to submit happily

   • 昔者之伐也，興百姓以為百姓也，是以民能欣之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔者之伐也，兴百姓以为百姓也，是以民能欣之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Xīzhě zhī fá yě, xìng bǎixìng yǐwèi bǎixìng yě, shìyǐ mín néng xīn zhī.

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3. Used in 欣欣 (xīnxīn, “lush”).
4. a surname

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: きん (kin)
• Kan’yō-on: ごん (gon)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 欣ぶ)、よろこび (yorokobi, 欣び)、よし (yoshi)、やすし (yasushi)

欣 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)

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欣: Hán Nôm readings: hân, hơn, hoen, hớn, hăng

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• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999