# 歆

| 歆 | U+6B46, &#27462; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B46 |
| ← 歅 [U+6B45] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 歇 → [U+6B47] |

## Translingual
### Han character

歆 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜日弓人 (YANO), four-corner 0768$_2$, composition ⿰音欠)
* like, admire
* willingly, gladly
* to quicken

#### Derived characters

* 噷, 𢣇, 𤐚, 𥋵, 𨮈, 𫘃, 𩪢, 𫉮, 𣋚, 𥵗, 𢋆, 𤻐, 嬜, 𫻎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 570, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16139
* Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2146, character 12
* Unihan data for U+6B46

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 歆 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 諳 | *qɯːm |
| 腤 | *qɯːm |
| 嬜 | *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm |
| 喑 | *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms |
| 揞 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms |
| 隌 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm |
| 罯 | *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb |
| 暗 | *qɯːms |
| 闇 | *qɯːms |
| 黯 | *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ |
| 歆 | *qʰrɯm |
| 愔 | *qɯm |
| 韾 | *qɯm |
| 音 | *qrɯm |
| 瘖 | *qrɯm |
| 窨 | *qrɯms |
| 湆 | *kʰrɯb |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīn (xin$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jam$^1$
* 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: jam$^1$
*** Yale: yām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xim
Rime :
| Character | 歆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許金切 |
| Baxter | xim |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠiɪm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hᵚim/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiem/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hjim/ |
| Li Rong | /xjəm/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭĕm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯əm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ham$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʰ](r)əm/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrɯm/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 歆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xīn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xim › |
| Old Chinese | /*[qʰ](r)əm/ |
| English | enjoy (fragrance) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 歆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15219 |
| Phonetic component | 音 |
| Rime group | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 歆 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰrɯm/ |

### Definitions

歆
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* like
* admire
* willingly
* gladly
* to quicken

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きん (kin)、こん (kon)
* Kun: うける (ukeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

歆 • (heum) (hangeul 흠, revised heum, McCune–Reischauer hŭm, Yale hum)
* to envy, be jealous
* to want, seek after

## Vietnamese
### Han character

歆: Hán Nôm readings: hâm, ham, hăm, hôm, hổm, hum, hẩm
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#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999