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昕

xīn

Character

What 昕 means

1. dawn

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
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy
• 忻xīnhappy

Characters that look like 昕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 删shānto delete
• 衍yǎnto spread out; to develop; to overflow
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 卦guàdivinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经…

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
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛