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)

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stroke order for 辛
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