# 芯

| 芯 | U+82AF, &#33455; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AF |
| ← 芮 [U+82AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芰 → [U+82B0] |

## 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 4433$_0$, composition ⿱艹心)

#### Derived characters

* 𣔀, 𣨠, 𦯽, 𦲜, 𢠶

#### 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

## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīn (xin$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sam$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim
* 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: sam$^1$
*** Yale: sām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐm⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵⁵/
* 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

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

#### Compounds

* 基因芯片
* 堆芯
* 堆芯壽期／堆芯寿期
* 機芯／机芯
* 氣門芯／气门芯
* 濾芯／滤芯 (lǜxīn)
* 燈芯／灯芯 (dēngxīn)
* 燈芯絨／灯芯绒 (dēngxīnróng)
* 燈芯草／灯芯草 (dēngxīncǎo)
* 生物芯片
* 筆芯／笔芯 (bǐxīn)
* 芯子 (xìnzi)
* 芯板
* 芯片 (xīnpiàn)
* 芯片卡
* 蠟芯兒／蜡芯儿
* 鉛筆芯／铅笔芯
* 鉛芯／铅芯 (qiānxīn)
* 鐵芯／铁芯 (tiěxīn)
* 電泳芯片／电泳芯片

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìn (xin$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seon$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìn
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^4$
*** Yale: syìn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
*** Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seon$^3$
*** Yale: seun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵn³³/

#### Definitions

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: 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 –)
* IPA: [ɕĩɴ]

### Noun

芯(しん) • (shin)
* 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
* pencil lead
    替(か)え芯(しん)
       kaeshin
       replacement lead
* wick

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

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