忻

See also: 欣

忻 U+5FFB, 忻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FFB ← 忺 [U+5FFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 忼 → [U+5FFC]

Translingual

Han character

忻 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心竹一中 (PHML), four-corner 9202₁, composition ⿰忄斤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 378, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10401
• Dae Jaweon: page 707, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2277, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5FFB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		忻

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹
    • Yale: syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+n

Rime
Character	忻
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
Baxter	xj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨn/
Li Rong	/xiən/
Wang Li	/xĭən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忻
Reading #	1/1
No.	6666
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	欣
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯn/
Notes	同欣

Definitions

忻

1. alternative form of 欣 (xīn, “to take delight in; to be glad; delight; joy”)

   • 假令晏子而在，余雖爲之執鞭，所忻慕焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     假令晏子而在，余虽为之执鞭，所忻慕焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jiǎlìng Yànzǐ ér zài, yú suī wèizhī zhíbiān, suǒ xīnmù yān. [Pinyin]

     Were Yan Ying alive, even if I were to be a coachman for him, there shall be where my joy and admiration lie.

Compounds

• 忻喜 (xīnxǐ)
• 忻州 (Xīnzhōu)
• 忻忻得意
• 忻悅 / 忻悦 (xīnyuè)
• 忻然
• 歡忻 / 欢忻
• 歡忻踴躍 / 欢忻踊跃
• 歡忻鼓舞 / 欢忻鼓舞

Japanese

Kanji

忻

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to rejoice

   Synonym: 欣

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 忻ぶ)、よろこび (yorokobi, 忻び)、うやまう (uyamau, 忻う)、あきらめる (akirameru, 忻らめる)、ひらく (hiraku, 忻く)、よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

忻: Hán Nôm readings: hân, hớn

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References

• Nom Foundation