辛
Character
(of taste) hot or pungent
- Radical
- 辛 (itself)
- Strokes
- 7
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 立 十
- Traditional
- 辛
- Frequency
- #1271 most common character
Meaning
xīn
xin1- (of taste) hot or pungent CC-CEDICT
- hard CC-CEDICT
- laborious CC-CEDICT
- suffering CC-CEDICT
- eighth in order CC-CEDICT
- eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān) CC-CEDICT
- letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc CC-CEDICT
- ancient Chinese compass point: 285° CC-CEDICT
- octa CC-CEDICT
- surname Xin CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 7 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 辛
Draw “辛” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Example sentences
爸爸每天工作很辛苦。
bà ba měi tiān gōng zuò hěn xīn kǔ
Dad works very hard every day.
AI-generated sentence
老师说：你们辛苦了。
lǎo shī shuō nǐ men xīn kǔ le
The teacher says: you have worked hard.
AI-generated sentence
妈妈做饭很辛苦，谢谢妈妈。
mā ma zuò fàn hěn xīn kǔ xiè xie mā ma
Mom works hard to cook. Thank you, Mom.
AI-generated sentence
Words with 辛
See all 63 →辛苦xīn kǔtiring and needing a lot of effort; hard (describing work or life)WordHSK 5辛勤xīn qínhardworking; working very hard, with a lot of care and effortWordHSK 7–9辛酸xīn suānvery sad and painful, because of hard things in lifeWordHSK 7–9辛丑xīn chǒuthirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021Word辛亥xīn hàiforty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031Word辛劳xīn láolaboriousWord辛卯xīn mǎotwenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071Word辛奇xīn qí(loanword) kimchiWord辛巳xīn sìeighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061Word辛布xīn bùThimphu, capital of Bhutan (Tw)Word辛未xīn wèieight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051Word辛格xīn gé(name) SinghWord