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欣然

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Chinese

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happy
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (欣然)
simp. #(欣然)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (38)
Final () (57) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xj+n nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨn/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨn/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiən/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨn/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/xiən/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/xĭən/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xi̯ən/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan1 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīn rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjɨn › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰər/ /*[n]a[n]/
English rejoice so, thus; (adv suffix)

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6665 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰɯn/ /*njen/

Adverb

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欣然

  1. (literary) joyfully; with pleasure; gladly; readily

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (欣然):
  • Japanese: 欣然(きんぜん) (kinzen)
  • Korean: 흔연(欣然) (heunyeon)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Jinmeiyō
ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
忻然

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(きん)(ぜん) (kinzenきんぜん (kinzen)?-tari (adnominal (きん)(ぜん)とした (kinzen to shita) or (きん)(ぜん)たる (kinzen taru), adverbial (きん)(ぜん) (kinzen to) or (きん)(ぜん)として (kinzen to shite))

  1. (literary) joyfully; with pleasure; gladly; readily
    • 1951, 日本国との平和条約の説明書
      日本全権(にっぽんぜんけん)はこの平和条約(へいわじょうやく)欣然(きんぜん)受諾(じゅだく)する。
      Nippon zenken wa kono heiwa jōyaku o kinzen judaku suru.
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Inflection

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References

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