欣
See also: 忻
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
欣 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹中弓人 (HLNO), four-corner 77282, composition ⿰斤欠)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- 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 edit
| simp. and trad. |
欣 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 訢／䜣 忻 惞 | |
Glyph origin edit
| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯn) : phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns) + semantic 欠.
Etymology 1 edit
Probably from the same word family as 喜 (OC *qʰlɯʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
欣
- 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.]
- 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. [Pinyin]
- 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.
问征夫以前路，恨晨光之熹微。乃瞻衡宇，栽欣载奔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † to submit willingly; to submit happily
- Used in 欣欣 (xīnxīn, “lush”).
- a surname
Compounds edit
Etymology 2 edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 欣 – see 鑫 (“abundant in wealth; prosperous”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 鑫). |
Notes:
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Japanese edit
Kanji edit
欣
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
欣 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)
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Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
欣: Hán Nôm readings: hân, hơn, hoen, hớn, hăng
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References edit
- 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