辛
word C2- (of taste) hot or pungent
- hard
- laborious
- suffering
- eighth in order
- eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
- octa
Other readings
- Xīnsurname Xin
Words with it
- 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting
- 艰辛 jiān xīn hardships
- 辛勤 xīn qín hardworking
- 辛酸 xīn suān pungent
- 辛辣 xīn là spicy hot
- 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly
- 辛劳 xīn láo laborious
- 千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships
- 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g...
- 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g...
From the library
居二年，庞暖破燕军，杀剧辛。
目下只须吃两剂辛凉发散药就好了。
齑臼，受辛也，于字为辞。
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