訢
xīn

(simplified form of 訢) (same as 欣) joy

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

斤
斤 Sound component
jīn axe

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰɯn

說文解字

喜也。从言斤聲。

Sources

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

䜣 xīn, xī, yín (simplified form of 訢) (same as 欣) joy Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode