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昕

xīn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 dawn; daybreak (when the sun is about to rise)

Examples

昕时，农民已经在田里了。
Xīn shí, nóngmín yǐjīng zài tián lǐ le.
At daybreak the farmers were already out in the fields.
很多人用昕字取名，因为它象征光明和希望。
Hěnduō rén yòng xīn zì qǔmíng, yīnwèi tā xiàngzhēng guāngmíng hé xīwàng.
Many people choose this character for given names because it suggests light and hope.

Tips

memory
The sun 日 right at the moment of an axe-cut split (斤) of the horizon: think of first light breaking through. Because it points to brightness at dawn, 昕 is a popular and auspicious character in given names.

Components

radical
日 rì
sun; day
The sun radical on the left. It marks 昕 as a word about sunlight and time of day, here the brightening sky at dawn.
phonetic
斤 jīn
axe; catty (weight)
Supplies the sound. Standalone 斤 is jīn, shifted here to xīn. The same phonetic gives the sound in 欣.

Stroke Order

昕 xīn