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欣

欣

See also: 忻

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 欣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘄 *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈 *ɡɯl
頎 *ɡɯl
旂 *ɡɯl
圻 *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚 *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓 *ɡɯl
玂 *ɡɯl
沂 *ŋɡɯl
掀 *qʰan
釿 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽 *ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤 *kɯn, *kɯns
菦 *kɯnʔ
靳 *kɯns
劤 *kɯns
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
赾 *kʰɯnʔ
芹 *ɡɯn
近 *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦 *ŋɡɯn
欣 *qʰɯn
忻 *qʰɯn
昕 *qʰɯn
訢 *qʰɯn
炘 *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤 *qʰɯn
庍 *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮 *qʰɯns

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 欣
Mandarin Beijing /ɕin⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕin⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕin²¹/
Jinan /ɕiẽ²¹³/
Qingdao /siə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕin²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕiẽ²¹/
Xining /ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕĩ/
Nanjing /ɕin³¹/
Hefei /ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /ɕaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /hiun⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /huŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐn⁵³/
Nanning /jɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jɐn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /him⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hyŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xeiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hɯŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hin²³/
/huaŋ²³/ 訓歡
Rime
Character 欣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 欣 (57)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許斤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xiən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɨn/
Li
Rong		 /xiən/
Wang
Li		 /xĭən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯ən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xīn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 欣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xīn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xjɨn ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰər/
English rejoice

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 欣
Reading # 1/1
No. 6665
Phonetic
component		 斤
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 欣
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰɯn/

Definitions

欣

  1. happy, joyous, delighted

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

欣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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

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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

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