忻

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 欣

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xīn
Cantonese: jan1
JapaneseKun: YOROKOBU
JapaneseOn: KIN
Korean: HUN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: delightful, joyful, pleasant

CE-Dict: happy

Soothill: Delight, joy.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.happy; joy; delight

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《心部》忻闓也。从心斤聲。《司馬法》曰：「善者，忻民之善，閉民之惡。」

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】忻
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤許斤切，音欣。【說文】闓也。【史記·周本紀】姜嫄見巨人跡，心忻然說，欲踐之。　又姓。五代有進士忻彪。　又叶虛言切，音軒。【韓愈·孟東野失子詩】闖然入其戸，三稱天之言。再拜謝元夫，收悲以歡忻。　【類篇】本作訢。

CF-Dict: heureux/joyeux

Han-De-Dict: freudig, erfreulich, froh [ auch 欣 ] (u.E.) (Adj)/Xin (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)