芯

xīn

Meanings

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xīn

1.(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)

xìn

1.used in 芯子[xìn zi]
2.Taiwan pr. [xīn]

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Wiktionary

1.pith from the common rush (Juncus effusus), used as lamp wick
2.lamp wick
3.core material (of something); centre; wick; pencil lead
4.only used in 芯子 (xìnzi, “fuse; tongue of a snake”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 心 (OC *slɯm).

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Stroke order

Components

芯卄心

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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