昕

Translingual

Han character

昕 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹一中 (AHML), four-corner 6202₁, composition ⿰日斤)

1. dawn
2. early morning
3. day

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 492, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13817
• Dae Jaweon: page 855, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1491, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6615

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		昕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹
    • Yale: syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+n

Rime
Character	昕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許斤切
Baxter	xj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨn/
Li Rong	/xiən/
Wang Li	/xĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ xjɨn ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰər/
English	dawn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昕
Reading #	1/1
No.	6667
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	欣
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

昕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin)、こん (kon)、き (ki)
• Kun: あさ (asa)

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Korean

Hanja

昕 (eum 흔 (heun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

昕: Hán Nôm readings: hân

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