芯

Translingual

Han character

芯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿心 (TP), four-corner 4433₀, composition ⿱艹心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82AF

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Chinese

trad.		芯
simp. #		芯

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim

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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: sam¹
    • Yale: sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim
    • Tâi-lô: sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芯

1. pith from the common rush (Juncus effusus), used as lamp wick
2. lamp wick
3. (in general) core material (of something); centre; wick; pencil lead

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴
    • Yale: syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芯

1. Only used in 芯子 (xìnzi, “fuse; tongue of a snake”).

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Japanese

Kanji

芯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほそい (hosoi); とうしんぐさ (tōshingusa, 芯)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
芯
しん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 芯.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

Noun

芯(しん) • (shin) 

1. core, heart

   トイレットペーパーの芯(しん)

   toiretto pēpā no shin

   inner cardboard tube of a roll of toilet paper

2. pencil lead

   替(か)え芯(しん)

   kaeshin

   replacement lead

3. wick

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Korean

Hanja

芯 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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