钦
to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,147 U+94A6
How 钦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “gold”) + 欠 (phonetic, qiàn)
How to remember it
think highly of · Heisig RSH #1719
metal + yawn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 欠
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 欠 (qiàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠 sound component | qiàn | to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn |
| 软 | ruǎn | soft, pliable, flexible; weak |
| 吹 | chuī | to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast |
| 饮 | yǐn | to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink |
| 坎 | kǎn | pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis |
| 砍 | kǎn | to hack, to chop, to cut, to fell |
| 炊 | chuī | meal; to cook, to steam |
| 嵌 | qiàn | valley, ravine; to fall into; to inlay, to set in |
| 芡 | qiàn | Gorgon plant, fox nut |
| 欿 | kǎn | sad, gloomy, discontent |
| 肷 | qiǎn | the area between the waist and hips |
Words containing 钦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿克赛钦 | Ā kè sài qīn | Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau |
| 德钦县 | Dé qīn Xiàn | Deqin, a county in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu… |
| 钦南区 | Qīn nán Qū | Qinnan, a district of Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 钦州市 | Qīn zhōu Shì | Qinzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 … |
| 钦北区 | Qīn běi Qū | Qinbei, a district of Qinzhou City 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 皮钦语 | pí qīn yǔ | pidgin |
| 叶利钦 | Yè lì qīn | Yeltsin (name); Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-19… |
| 何应钦 | Hé Yìng qīn | He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general |
| 王钦若 | Wáng Qīn ruò | Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official |
| 尤尔钦科 | Yóu ěr qīn kē | Yurchenko (name); Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast; Yurchenko, a type of jump-of… |
| 德钦 | Dé qīn | see 德欽縣|德钦县[De2 qin1 Xian4] |
| 钦南 | Qīn nán | see 欽南區|钦南区[Qin1 nan2 Qu1] |
| 钦定 | qīn dìng | to authorize; to designate; (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command |
| 钦州 | Qīn zhōu | see 欽州市|钦州市[Qin1 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 钦北 | Qīn běi | see 欽北區|钦北区[Qin1 bei3 Qu1] |
| 钦命 | qīn mìng | Imperial order or edict (old) |
| 钦差 | qīn chāi | imperial envoy |
| 钦犯 | qīn fàn | criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor |
| 钦敬 | qīn jìng | to admire and respect |
| 钦仰 | qīn yǎng | to admire and respect |