Unicode: U+6B23

Pinyin: xīn

Definition

* 快乐,喜欢。 ~~(a.高兴的样子,如"~~而来";b.草木生机旺盛的样子,如"~~向荣",亦泛指蓬勃发展)。~喜。欢~鼓舞。~然。~赏。~幸。~慕。~悦

happy, joyous, delighted

Structure

欣 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_6B23
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
93_E30B93_E30D93_E30E93_E30F93_E30C
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
83_F2AA

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC