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辛

xīn ㄒㄧㄣ

    • hot or pungent

      of taste

    • hard
    • laborious
    • suffering
    • eighth in order
    • eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
    • letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
    • ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
    • octa
    • surname Xin

Other words read xīn

In the same tone

  • 新 xīn new
  • 心 xīn heart
  • 锌 xīn zinc
  • 芯 xīn pith of the rush plant
  • 薪 xīn firewood

All 17 words read xīn

xin with other tones

  • 信 xìn letter
  • 衅 xìn quarrel
  • 囟 xìn fontanel
  • 焮 xìn heat
  • 镡 xín guard

All 24 words read xin in any tone

Other words read xīn

In the same tone

  • 新 xīn new
  • 心 xīn heart
  • 鋅 xīn zinc
  • 芯 xīn pith of the rush plant
  • 薪 xīn firewood

All 17 words read xīn

xin with other tones

  • 信 xìn letter
  • 釁 xìn quarrel
  • 囟 xìn fontanel
  • 焮 xìn heat
  • 鐔 xín guard

All 24 words read xin in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 辛

    部首 radical
    辛
    笔画 strokes
    7
    结构 structure
    独体字

    辛 as a 部首

    辛 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 10 under 辛. Look a character up by the 辛 radical

    Easy to confuse with 辛

    Words with 辛

    Starting with 辛

    • 辛亥革命 xīnhàigémìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
    • 辛勤 xīnqín hardworking
    • 辛苦 xīnkǔ exhausting
    • 辛丑 xīnchǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
    • 辛辛苦苦 xīnxīnkǔkǔ painstakingly

    All 28 words starting with 辛

    Ending with 辛

    • 艰辛 jiānxīn hardships
    • 帝辛 dìxīn Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
    • 玛克辛 mǎkèxīn Maxine
    • 拉辛 lāxīn Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
    • 细辛 xìxīn Manchurian wild ginger

    All 17 words ending with 辛

    Containing 辛

    • 千辛万苦 qiānxīnwànkǔ suffer untold hardships
    • 赫尔辛基 hèěrxīnjī Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland
    • 基辛格 jīxīngé Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
    • 含辛茹苦 hánxīnrúkǔ bitter hardship
    • 奉辛比克党 fèngxīnbǐkèdǎng Funcinpec

    All 14 words containing 辛

    Words with 辛

    Starting with 辛

    • 辛亥革命 xīnhàigémìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
    • 辛勤 xīnqín hardworking
    • 辛苦 xīnkǔ exhausting
    • 辛丑 xīnchǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
    • 辛辛苦苦 xīnxīnkǔkǔ painstakingly

    All 28 words starting with 辛

    Ending with 辛

    • 艱辛 jiānxīn hardships
    • 帝辛 dìxīn Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
    • 瑪克辛 mǎkèxīn Maxine
    • 拉辛 lāxīn Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
    • 細辛 xìxīn Manchurian wild ginger

    All 17 words ending with 辛

    Containing 辛

    • 千辛萬苦 qiānxīnwànkǔ suffer untold hardships
    • 赫爾辛基 hèěrxīnjī Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland
    • 基辛格 jīxīngé Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
    • 含辛茹苦 hánxīnrúkǔ bitter hardship
    • 奉辛比克黨 fèngxīnbǐkèdǎng Funcinpec

    All 14 words containing 辛

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