欣

See also: 忻

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

• 俽 掀 惞 焮 鍁 (锨)

ReferencesEdit

• 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

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		欣

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hîm / hiûn
• Min Nan (POJ): him

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: hsin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hîm / hiûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: him´ / hiun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: him¹ / hiun¹
    • IPA: /him²⁴/, /hi̯un²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him
    • Tâi-lô: him
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hym
    • IPA (Taipei): /him⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /him⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨn/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*qʰər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯn/

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/

DefinitionsEdit

欣

1. happy, joyous, delighted

CompoundsEdit

• 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
• 欣慰 (xīnwèi)

• 欣然 (xīnrán)

• 欣賞／欣赏 (xīnshǎng)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

欣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: こん (kon)
• Kan’on: きん (kin)
• Kan’yōon: ごん (gon)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

• Hán Việt: hân, hơn, hoen, hớn, hăng

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ReferencesEdit

• 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