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沁

qìn

Character

What 沁 means

1. to seep
2. to percolate

Words starting with 沁

• 沁人心脾qìn rén xīn pí(lit.) to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom); (fig.) to gladden the heart…
• 沁入qìn rù(usually of sth intangible) to seep into; to permeate
• 沁县Qìn XiànQin County or Qinxian, a county in Changzhi City 长治市
• 沁水县Qìn shuǐ XiànQinshui, a county in Jincheng City 晋城市
• 沁源县Qìn yuán XiànQinyuan, a county in Changzhi City 长治市
• 沁阳市Qìn yáng ShìQinyang, a county-level city in Jiaozuo City 焦作市
• 沁水Qìn shuǐsee 沁水县
• 沁源Qìn yuánsee 沁源县
• 沁阳Qìn yángsee 沁阳市
• 沁人心肺qìn rén xīn fèisee 沁人心脾
• 沁入心脾qìn rù xīn písee 沁人心脾
• 沁人心腑qìn rén xīn fǔsee 沁人心脾
• 沁人肺腑qìn rén fèi fǔsee 沁人心脾

Words containing 沁

• 边沁Biān qìnJeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer
• 喀喇沁Kā lǎ qìnHarqin (Mongol: guard); Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰…
• 玛沁县Mǎ qìn XiànMaqên, a county in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 果洛藏族自治州
• 马克沁Mǎ kè qìnSir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun
• 喀喇沁旗Kā lǎ qìn qíHarqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 科尔沁区Kē ěr qìn QūHorqin, a district of Tongliao City 通辽市
• 阿鲁科尔沁Ā lǔ kē ěr qìnAr Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 马克沁机枪Mǎ kè qìn jī qiāngMaxim machine gun
• 东乌珠穆沁旗Dōng wū zhū mù qìn qíEast Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 西乌珠穆沁旗Xī wū zhū mù qìn qíWest Ujimqin banner or Baruun Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 阿鲁科尔沁旗Ā lǔ kē ěr qìn qíAr Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰
• 科尔沁右翼中旗Kē ěr qìn yòu yì zhōng qíHorqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan…
• 科尔沁右翼前旗Kē ěr qìn yòu yì qián qíHorqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan…
• 科尔沁左翼中旗Kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì zhōng qíHorqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 科尔沁左翼后旗Kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì hòu qíHorqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县Kā lǎ qìn Zuǒ yì Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiànHarqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝阳
• 玛沁Mǎ qìnsee 玛沁县
• 科尔沁Kē ěr qìnsee 科尔沁区

Characters built on 心

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

• 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你
• 芯xīn(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 愍mǐnvariant of 悯
• 吣qìnto vomit (of dogs and cats); to rail against; to talk nonsense

Characters that look like 沁

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

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 泗sìnasal mucus
• 汩gǔconfused; extinguished; (onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩

Sounds the same

Read qìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 揿to press (with one's hand or finger)
• 吣to vomit (of dogs and cats); to rail against; to talk nonsense
• 菣Artemisia apiacea