忺

忺 U+5FFA, 忺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FFA ← 忹 [U+5FF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 忻 → [U+5FFB]

Translingual

Han character

忺 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心弓人 (PNO), four-corner 9708₂, composition ⿰忄欠)

Derived characters

• 𠩦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 378, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10400
• Dae Jaweon: page 706, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2277, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5FFA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		忺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: him¹
    • Yale: hīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵/

Definitions

忺

1. (poetic) happy; comfortable

   • 從來好事天生儉，自古瓜兒苦後甜。奶娘催逼緊拘鉗。甚是嚴，越間阻越情忺。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     从来好事天生俭，自古瓜儿苦后甜。奶娘催逼紧拘钳。甚是严，越间阻越情忺。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1280, Bai Pu (白樸),《陽春曲》

     Cónglái hǎoshì tiānshēng jiǎn, zìgǔ guār kǔ hòu tián. Nǎiniáng cuībī jǐn jūqián. Shèn shì yán, yuè jiàn zǔ yuè qíng xiān. [Pinyin]

     Love affairs are bound to be restricted, as melons are first bitter and then sweet. The pressure of mother is as tight as the biting pincers. Very stern indeed, yet the more obstructions, the more agreeable between us.

Japanese

Kanji

忺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)、こん (kon)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu)

Vietnamese

Han character

忺: Hán Nôm readings: hân

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References

• Nom Foundation