Hanja Analyzer
欣

欣 — heun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기쁠 흔
Romanization
heun
English
happy, joyous, delighted
Mandarin
xīn
Japanese on'yomi
キン, ゴン, コン
Japanese kun'yomi
よろこ.ぶ よろこ.び
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,071 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
欠 (76, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
斤
Unicode
U+6B23

Parts that make up 欣

  • 斤 근[무게단위]/날[刃] 근sound 자루 달린 도끼찍고 자르는 일, 그리고 무게 단위
  • 欠 하품 흠, 하픔할 감 입을 벌린 채 꿇어앉은 사람입을 벌려 하는 일, 숨과 하품

How 欣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 欣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 斤, 欠.

Korean example words with 欣

  • 흔희하다欣喜 Korean gloss: 매우 기뻐하다
  • 흔연스럽다欣然 Korean gloss: 기쁘거나 반가워 기분이 좋은 듯하다
  • 흔약欣躍 Korean gloss: 기뻐서 날뜀.
  • 흔상欣賞 Korean gloss: 좋아하여 즐김.
  • 흔구欣求 Korean gloss: 기꺼이 원하여 구함.
  • 흔희작약欣喜雀躍 Korean gloss: 몹시 좋아서 뛰며 기뻐함
  • 흔모欣慕 Korean gloss: 기쁜 마음으로 공경하며 사모함.
  • 흔영欣榮 Korean gloss: 기쁨과 영광을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 흔정欣淨 Korean gloss: ‘흔구 정토’를 줄여 이르는 말.
  • 흔척欣戚 Korean gloss: 기쁨과 슬픔을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 흔회하다欣懷 Korean gloss: 즐겁게 생각하다.
  • 흔무하다欣舞 Korean gloss: 기뻐서 춤을 추다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 欣

  • 欣快きんかい pleasant; delightful
  • 欣懐きんかい thinking happily of
  • 欣喜きんき pleasure
  • 欣然きんぜん joyful; cheerful
  • 欣悦きんえつ joy; gladness
  • 欣求ごんぐ earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
  • 欣羨きんせん being very jealous; extreme jealousy
  • 欣栄きんえい joy and glory; joyous glory; pleasure
  • 欣々然きんきんぜん joyful; delighted; cheerful
  • 欣喜雀躍きんきじゃくやく jump up for joy
  • 欣求浄土ごんぐじょうど seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

Characters sharing the phonetic 斤

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

劤 听 圻 忻 折 昕 析 沂 炘 祈 肵 芹 訢 近 釿 靳 頎 齗

Other hanja read “흔”

很 忻 掀 昕 炘 焮 痕 衅 訢 釁

Other hanja with radical 欠

欠 次 欬 欲 欷 欸 欹 欺 欻 欽 款 欿 歃 歆 歇 歉 歌 歎 歐 歓 歔 歙 歚 歛 歟 歠 歡

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