忱
chén

truth

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyim[t.ɢ][u]msincere
Zhengzhangɦljum

說文解字

誠也。从心冘聲。《詩》曰：“天命匪忱。”

Sources

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