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芯
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

pith from rush

HSK 7
Nature →Plants
xīn
シン
심
The heart 心 of a plant 艹; 心 also provides the pronunciation
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 心 heart =
芯 pith from rush
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
心 Meaning component
xīn heart
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
芯
Regular
Modern
Chinese
芯 [xīn]
lamp pith; wick
芯 [xìn]
core
Japanese
芯 しん 同音

noun

  1. wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith
  2. core; heart; centre; center
  3. pistil (of a flower)
  4. stamen
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
シャーペンの芯２・３本もらえるかな。
Could you lend me a few mechanical pencil leads?
私は体の芯まで冷え切った。
I was frozen to the bone.
Japanese Names
芯 しん
Shin female given name
CHINESE WORDS (23)
芯片 [xīn​piàn] #4,280
computer chip
芯片组 [xīn​piàn​zǔ] #10,802
chipset
芯片组 [xīn​piàn​zǔ] #10,802
chipset
灯芯绒 [dēng​xīn​róng] #32,150
corduroy (textiles)
灯芯绒 [dēng​xīn​róng] #32,150
corduroy (textiles)
灯芯 [dēng​xīn] #36,187
see 燈心|灯心[dēng​xīn]
龙芯 [Lóng​xīn] #42,723
Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China)
龙芯 [Lóng​xīn] #42,723
Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China)
滤芯 [lǜ​xīn] #43,932
filter cartridge
滤芯 [lǜ​xīn] #43,932
filter cartridge
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JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 心地 [ここち] #4,832
feeling
残心 [ざんしん] #53,829
continued alertness
芯が強い [しんがつよい] #59,730
mentally strong
花心 [かしん] #61,554
center of a flower (centre)
真芯 [ましん] #84,859
dead center
鉛筆の芯 [えんぴつのしん] #91,056
lead of a pencil
灯心 [とうしん] #94,375
(lamp) wick
シャー芯 [シャーしん] #113,345
mechanical pencil lead
リンゴの芯 [リンゴのしん] #151,561
apple core
芯地 [しんじ] #153,301
padding
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