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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

秦: Qin dynasty, name given to naturalized foreigners

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 𡗗 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 秦しんQin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE)
  • 先秦せんしんpre-Qin period (of China)

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 秦皮とねりこJapanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)

Also read はた, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
𡗗

Also built on 𡗗

禾

Also built on grain (禾)

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Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
秦 Qin dynasty · 𡗗
vs秩 regularity · 失
秦 has 𡗗 where 秩 has 失.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qín

Same form: 秦 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
秦 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
秦 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qín 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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