辛 xīn hard; hot (food); suffering
Similar looking characters : 幸 xìng (fortunate)
Made with 7 strokes.
Ancient picture of a chisel used to mark slaves and hence 'hard' and 'suffering'. Looks like a person upside-down
Sounds same
新 xīn (new) 心 xīn (heart) 忄 xīn (heart)Different tone
信 xìn (letter)Radical
Index 160 used in: 辣 là (spicy)Stroke order for character 辛, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚