漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
欣: take pleasure in, rejoice
JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
斤 and 欠 carry the meaning
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 欣快きんかいpleasant; delightful
- 欣懐きんかいthinking happily of
- 欣喜きんきpleasure
Also read ゴン, コン, よろこぶ, よろこび, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at that wide-open mouth! Someone is either so tired they are yawning (akubi) or they are gasping because they are in a state of "lack."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ゴン
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xīn
Same form: 欣 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 欣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 欣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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