chén

truth

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

冘 sound component

  Sound component

yínyóu

  

to move on

Evolution

忱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
忱 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
忱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chén

truth, sincerity; sincere; sincerity; honesty

Most common words with 忱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

热忱

zeal

sincerity

满腔热忱

full of enthusiasm

谢忱

gratitude

陈忱

Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传