歆
xīn

like

Components

音
音 Sound component
yīn sound
欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

lack

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxim[qʰ](r)əmenjoy (fragrance)
Zhengzhangqʰrɯm

說文解字

神食气也。从欠音聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)