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昕

xīn
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 6
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.

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