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Translingual
Han character
欣 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹中弓人 (HLNO), four-corner 77282, composition ⿰斤欠)
Derived characters
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蘄
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*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
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| 祈
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*ɡɯl
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| 頎
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*ɡɯl
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| 旂
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*ɡɯl
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| 圻
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*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
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| 蚚
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*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
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| 岓
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*ɡɯl
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| 玂
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*ɡɯl
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| 沂
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*ŋɡɯl
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| 掀
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*qʰan
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| 釿
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*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
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| 齗
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*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
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| 听
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*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
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| 垽
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*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
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| 斤
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*kɯn, *kɯns
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| 菦
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*kɯnʔ
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| 靳
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*kɯns
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| 劤
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*kɯns
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| 勁
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*kɯns, *keŋs
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| 赾
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*kʰɯnʔ
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| 芹
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*ɡɯn
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| 近
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*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
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| 斦
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*ŋɡɯn
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| 欣
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*qʰɯn
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| 忻
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*qʰɯn
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| 昕
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*qʰɯn
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| 訢
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*qʰɯn
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| 炘
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*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
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| 邤
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*qʰɯn
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| 庍
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*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
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| 焮
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*qʰɯns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯn) : phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns) + semantic 欠.
Etymology 1
Probably from the same word family as 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- hin - literary;
- him/herm - vernacular.
Note:
- heng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- hng1 - Chaozhou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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欣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xjɨn ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰər/
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| English
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rejoice
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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欣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6665
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Phonetic
component
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斤
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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欣
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰɯn/
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Definitions
欣
- happy; joyous; delighted
- † to submit willingly; to submit happily
- Used in 欣欣 (xīnxīn, “lush”).
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 欣 – see 鑫 (“abundant in wealth; prosperous”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 鑫). |
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Japanese
Kanji
欣
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
欣 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
欣: Hán Nôm readings: hân, hơn, hoen, hớn, hăng
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References
- 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