kǔn

sincere

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
kùn to trap, surround

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰuːnʔ

說文解字

愊也。从心困聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica