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Kanji Detail for 辛 - "spicy, hard, bitter"

辛

  • Meaning

    辛 means "spicy, hard, bitter."

    1. Spicy - Pungent; hot taste.

    2. Spice - A type of seasoning.

    3. Hard - Painful; harsh.

    4. Barely - Just barely; with difficulty.

    5. Sin - Crime; offense.

    6. Eighth stem - The eighth of the ten celestial stems.

    7. Metal - In five elements, represents metal.

    8. West - In directions, represents west.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spicy; bitter; hot; acrid

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xin

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The eighth of the Ten Heavenly Stems. | Spicy taste. | Labor and hardship is called 辛. Such as 辛勤 (industrious), 辛苦 (hardworking). | Grief is called 辛. Such as 悲辛 (sorrowful), 酸辛 (bitter grief).
  • Onyomitip

    shin(しん) しん

  • Kunyomitip

    kanoto(かのと) かのと

    kara.i(からい) からい

    tsura.i(つらい) つらい

  • Strokestip

    7 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    辛 (shin・karai)

  • Related Keywords
    spicy hot pungent mustard patience hardship harsh bitter painful difficult hard tough severe barely stem

Sentences including 辛

  • He lived a hard life.

  • He was patient.

  • Make it as spicy as you can.

  • Just a little more patience.

  • We are barely above want.

  • He went through a very hard time.

  • You must persevere before you can succeed.

  • Everybody had a hard time.

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