漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
欽: respect, revere
Also: long for
JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
金 and 欠 carry the meaning
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 欽定きんていauthorized (by imperial or royal order)
- 欽慕きんぼadoration; reverence; admiration
- 欽仰きんぎょうreverence; adoration; veneration
Also read コン, つつしむ, 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
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side欽 respect · 欠
vs鈍 dull · 屯In ChineseSimplified 钦 · traditional, as in Japanese · qīn
Japan keeps the traditional form 欽; mainland China simplifies it to 钦.
- Simplified
- 钦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 欽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qīn 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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