勤恳
qín​kěn

diligent

勤 qín industrious

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懃.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
堇
堇 Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 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-Sagartgjɨn[ɡ]ərtoil, diligent, devoted
Zhengzhangɡɯn
Unicodeghiən

說文解字

勞也。从力𡏳聲。

Sources

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

恳 kěn sincere Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懇.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

懇 kěn sincere Traditional

Components

貇
貇 Sound component
kūn, mào, kěn to root
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰɯːnʔ
Unicodekə̌n

說文解字

悃也。从心豤聲。

Sources

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