芯

芯

芯 U+82AF, 芯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AF ← 芮 [U+82AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 芰 → [U+82B0]

Translingual

Han character

芯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿心 (TP), four-corner 4433₀, composition ⿱艹心)

References

• KangXi: page 1020, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82AF

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Chinese

trad.		芯
simp. #		芯

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹
• Min Dong (BUC): sĭng
• Min Nan (POJ): sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹
    • Yale: syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹
    • Yale: sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim
    • Tâi-lô: sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴⁴/

Definitions

芯

1. pith from the common rush (Juncus effusus), used as lamp wick
2. lamp wick
3. (in general) core material (of something); centre; wick; pencil lead

Compounds

基因芯片 堆芯 生物芯片 芯子 (xìnzi) 芯板 芯片 (xīnpiàn) 芯片卡

堆芯壽期／堆芯寿期 機芯／机芯 氣門芯／气门芯 濾芯／滤芯 燈芯／灯芯 (dēngxīn) 燈芯絨／灯芯绒 (dēngxīnróng) 燈芯草／灯芯草 (dēngxīncǎo)

筆芯／笔芯 (bǐxīn) 蠟芯兒／蜡芯儿 鉛筆芯／铅笔芯 鉛芯／铅芯 (qiānxīn) 鐵芯／铁芯 (tiěxīn) 電泳芯片／电泳芯片

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴
    • Yale: syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/

Definitions

芯

1. Only used in 芯子 (xìnzi, “fuse; tongue of a snake”).

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Japanese

Kanji

芯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kun: ほそい (hosoi); とうしんぐさ (tōshingusa, 芯)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
芯
しん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 芯.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

Noun

芯(しん) • (shin) 

1. core, heart

   トイレットペーパーの芯(しん)

   toiretto pēpā no shin

   inner cardboard tube of a roll of toilet paper

2. pencil lead

   替(か)え芯(しん)

   kaeshin

   replacement lead

3. wick

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

芯 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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