# 忻

| 忻 | U+5FFB, &#24571; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FFB |
| ← 忺 [U+5FFA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 忼 → [U+5FFC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

忻 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心竹一中 (PHML), four-corner 9202$_1$, composition ⿰忄斤)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 378, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10401
* Dae Jaweon: page 707, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2277, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5FFB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯn) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīn (xin$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sin
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^1$
*** Yale: syīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
*** Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^1$
*** Yale: yān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xj+n
Rime :
| Character | 忻 |
| 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 | jan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 忻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6666 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 欣 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰɯn/ |
| Notes | 同欣 |

### Definitions

忻
* Alternative form of 欣 (xīn, “to take delight in; to be glad; delight; joy”)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jiǎlìng Yànzǐ ér zài, yú suī wèizhī zhíbiān, suǒ xīnmù yān. [Pinyin]
    Were Yan Ying alive, even if I were to be a coachman for him, there shall be where my joy and admiration lie.

#### Compounds

* 忻喜 (xīnxǐ)
* 忻州 (Xīnzhōu)
* 忻忻得意
* 忻悅／忻悦 (xīnyuè)
* 忻然
* 歡忻／欢忻
* 歡忻踴躍／欢忻踊跃
* 歡忻鼓舞／欢忻鼓舞

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こん (kon)
* Kan-on: きん (kin)
* Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu, 忻ぶ)、よろこび (yorokobi, 忻び)、うやまう (uyamau, 忻う)、あきらめる (akirameru, 忻らめる)、ひらく (hiraku, 忻く)、よし (yoshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

忻 • (heun) (hangeul 흔, revised heun, McCune–Reischauer hŭn, Yale hun)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

忻: Hán Nôm readings: hân, hớn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation