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辛

xīn

xīn · san1 (Jyutping)

  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[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  7. letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  9. octa
  10. surname Xin

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Character breakdown

辛

Meaning
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
Radical
辛
Strokes
7
Components
⿱立十
Cangjie
YTJ
Four-corner
0040.1

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