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Kanji Detail for 辛 - "spicy, spice"

辛

  • Meaning

    辛 means "spicy, spice." Also associated with hard.

    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.

  • Words using 辛

    • 辛口 からくち Listen dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake
    • 辛うじて かろうじて Listen barely; narrowly; only just
    • 辛い からい Listen spicy; hot; salty
    • 香辛料 こうしんりょう Listen spice; spices; condiment

  • Four-character idioms with 辛

    • 千辛万苦 せんしんばんく Listen many hardships
    • 艱難辛苦 かんなんしんく Listen trial and tribulation; hardships; privations
    • 辛苦艱難 しんくかんなん Listen trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
    • 辛酸甘苦 しんさんかんく Listen hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; being well-versed in the ways of the world (having seen much of life)

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    • Verified meaning: spicy, spice
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かのと, からさき, しん, しんこう)
    • Also carries these associations: hard

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 辛

    Surnames 辛(かのと)Listen 辛(からさき)Listen 辛(しん)Listen 辛(しんこう)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    dura.i(でゅら-い) でゅら-い

    kanoto(かのと) かのと

    kara.i(から-い) から-い

    tsura.i(つら-い) つら-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辛 (shin・karai)

  • Related Keywords

    spicy spice hard barely eighth stem metal pepper sin west painful sharp bitter harsh severe pungent acrid intense excruciating agonizing

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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