xīn

delightful

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
jīn axe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰɯn
Unicodexiən

說文解字

闓也。从心斤聲。《司馬法》曰:“善者,忻民之善,閉民之惡。”

Sources

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