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HSK 4
辛
xīn
1.
(of taste) hot or pungent
2.
hard
3.
laborious
4.
suffering
5.
eighth in order
6.
eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]]
7.
letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
8.
octa
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 7 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
谢辛
XièXīn
Chea Sim, President of Cambodian National Assembly
辛勤
xīnqín
hardworking
辛丑
xīnchǒu
thirty eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
辛劳
xīnláo
laborious
辛亥
xīnhài
forty eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031
辛酸
xīnsuān
pungent (taste)
辛酉
xīnyǒu
fifty eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
利辛
Lìxīn
Lixin county in Bozhou [[亳州<Bózhōu>]], Anhui
辛辣
xīnlà
spicy hot (taste)
辛苦
xīnkǔ
hard
辛格
Xīngé
Singh (name)
辛未
xīnwèi
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
帝辛
DìXīn
Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
酸辛
suānxīn
misery
拉辛
Lāxīn
Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
辛布
Xīnbù
Thimphu, capital of Bhutan (Tw)
辛巳
xīnsì
eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
秘辛
mìxīn
behind-the-scenes story
纣辛
ZhòuXīn
Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last emperor of the of Shang Dynasty
细辛
xìxīn
Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,462
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,256 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 160