欣
xīn HSK5

happy, joyous

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.

Components

斤
斤 Sound component
jīn axe
欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Depicts an open mouth laughing or rejoicing.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxj+nqʰər rejoice

說文解字

《說文》：“欣，笑喜也。从欠，斤聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)