Chinese Character Wiki
囟

xìn

fontanel

Depicts the gap between the bones in an infant skull.

Evolution

囟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
囟 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
囟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囟  

xìn

top of the head; skull; fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

Most common words with 囟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

囟

fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

囟门

fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

思 篦 硇

Sound component in 4 characters (4 verified)

思 細 细 𠨧

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

兒 𡿺 𡕩

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

脑 恼

Unknown component in 3 characters (0 verified)

瑙 蓖 貔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ə[r]-s

sinH

xìn

fontanel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5175th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+56DF

Shuowen

“囟，頭會匘蓋也。象形。，或从肉、宰。，古文囟字。”


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