安心

Chinese

content; calm; still
content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
 
heart; mind
trad. (安心)
simp. #(安心)
anagram 心安

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (16)
Final () (61) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'an sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑn/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑn/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑn/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔan/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑn/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/ɑn/ /sĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑn/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ān xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
on1 sam1

Verb

安⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to be relieved; to feel at ease
  2. to keep one's mind on something
  3. to harbour (malicious) intentions

Synonyms

  • (to be relieved): 放心 (fàngxīn)

Adjective

安心

  1. relieved; at ease

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安心):
  • Japanese: 安心(あんしん) (anshin)
  • Korean: 안심(安心) (ansim)
  • Vietnamese: an tâm (安心)

References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2093 放心”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 489.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
安神 (rare)

From Middle Chinese compound 安心 (MC 'an sim). Compare modern Chinese 安心 (ānxīn).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしん [àńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ã̠ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Adjective

(あん)(しん) • (anshin-na (adnominal (あん)(しん) (anshin na), adverbial (あん)(しん) (anshin ni))

  1. unworrying, safe
Inflection

Noun

(あん)(しん) • (anshin

  1. relief
  2. lack of worry, peace of mind
Synonyms
Derived terms
Idioms
  • (あん)(しん)()()(きょう)()(なか)()()(ごと) (anshin naki dokyō wa tanaka no gama no gotoshi, reciting the sutras without having the proper spiritual mindset is as meaningful as the croaking of a toad in a rice paddy, literally a sutra recital without peace of mind is just like a toad in a paddy)

Verb

(あん)(しん)する • (anshin suruintransitive suru (stem (あん)(しん) (anshin shi), past (あん)(しん)した (anshin shita))

  1. to have one's heart at ease, to feel easy, to be relieved
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あん
Grade: 3
しん > じん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 安心 (MC 'an sim), likely through (あん)(しん) (anshin) above. The shin changes to jin as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじん [àńjíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

(あん)(じん) • (anjin

  1. (Buddhism) equanimity

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

安心 • (ansim) (hangeul 안심)

  1. hanja form? of 안심 (relief, peacefulness)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

安心

  1. chữ Hán form of yên tâm (to be reassured)