xīn

辛

bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

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Words with 辛

辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting; hard HSK 5
艰辛 jiān xīn hardships; arduous HSK 7–9
辛勤 xīn qín hardworking; industrious HSK 7–9
辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste); bitter HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
辛
Parts
立 + 十
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+8F9B

Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves

Same radical 辛
là 辣 biàn 辩
Same sound
xīn 新 xìn 信 xīn 心