Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slavesRadical:

meaning for xīn:

  • - (of taste) hot or pungent
  • - hard
  • - laborious
  • - suffering
  • - eighth in order
  • - eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
  • - letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  • - ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  • - octa
  • - (of taste) hot or pungent
  • - hard
  • - laborious
  • - suffering
  • - eighth in order
  • - eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
  • - letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  • - ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  • - octaexhausting
  • - hard
  • - tough
  • - arduous
  • - to work hard
  • - to go to a lot of trouble
  • - hardship(s)hardships
  • - arduous
  • - difficulthardworking
  • - industriousXinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynastypungent (taste)
  • - bitter
  • - fig. sad
  • - miserable