xīn

辛 (xīn) is a Chinese word meaning “(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of taste) hot or pungent
  2. 2hard
  3. 3laborious
  4. 4suffering
  5. 5eighth in order
  6. 6eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  7. 7letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  8. 8ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  9. 9octa

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