辛

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peppery

HSK 5 N2

Communication →Language

xīn

シン

から.い、つら.い、-づら.い、かのと

신

Pictograph of a chisel-like tool. The meaning later shifted to "hard" and "laborious".

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

辛

Regular

Modern

Chinese

辛 [Xīn]

surname Xin

辛 [xīn]

(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shítiāngān]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa

Japanese

辛かのと、しん同音

noun 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

辛から同音

counter colloquial counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

辛かのと

Kanoto surname

辛からさき

Karasaki surname

辛しん

Shin surname

辛しんこう

Shinkou surname

CHINESE WORDS (86)

辛普森 [Xīnpǔsēn] #6,439

Simpson (name)

辛勤 [xīnqín] #12,162

hardworking

辛辛苦苦 [xīnxīnkǔkǔ] #17,665

painstakingly

辛酸 [xīnsuān] #34,818

pungent (taste)

辛辛那提 [Xīnxīnnàtí] #13,594

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JAPANESE WORDS (110)

⭐ 辛うじて [かろうじて] #9,339

barely

辛辣 [しんらつ] #12,017

bitter (e.g. criticism)

⭐ 香辛料 [こうしんりょう] #17,371

spice

辛抱強い [しんぼうづよい] #20,139

patient

言い辛い [いいづらい] #21,096

difficult to speak about

命からがら [いのちからがら] #24,870

for dear life

⭐ 唐辛子 [とうがらし] #29,469

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers)

分かりづらい [わかりづらい] #30,399

difficult to understand

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KOREAN WORDS (2)

천신만고

experience of all difficulties

향신료

spice; seasoning