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忻

xīn

Character

What 忻 means

1. happy

Words starting with 忻

• 忻城县Xīn chéng XiànXincheng, a county in Laibin City 来宾市
• 忻州市Xīn zhōu ShìXinzhou, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 忻府区Xīn fǔ QūXinfu, a district of Xinzhou City 忻州市
• 忻城Xīn chéngsee 忻城县
• 忻州Xīn zhōusee 忻州市
• 忻府Xīn fǔsee 忻府区

Characters built on 斤

These share the phonetic component 斤 (jīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 欣xīnhappy
• 芹qínChinese celery
• 昕xīndawn
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 欣happy
• 薪(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛