初心

Chinese

 
initial; first; beginning
initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(初心)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (19) (16)
Final () (22) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhjo sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰɨʌ/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔ/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰiɔ/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰiɔ/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰĭo/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯wo/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chū xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
co1 sam1

Noun

初心

  1. one’s initial intention; original idea; true feelings; aspiration; purpose; goal; mission
    不忘初心   bùwàng chūxīn   to stay true to the mission
  2. (Buddhism) mind of a novice, an attitude to learn resembling that of a beginner's, possibly in spite of one's mastery

Synonyms

  • (initial intention):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初心):
  • Japanese: 初心(しょしん) (shoshin)
  • Korean: 초심(初心) (chosim)
  • Vietnamese: sơ tâm (初心)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 4
しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From (sho, beginning stages) + (shin, heart).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょしん [shòshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ɕĩɴ]

Adjective

(しょ)(しん) • (shoshin) -na (adnominal (しょ)(しん) (shoshin na), adverbial (しょ)(しん) (shoshin ni))

  1. immature, naive

Inflection

Noun

(しょ)(しん) • (shoshin) 

  1. immaturity, naiveté
  2. original intention, original object
  3. (Buddhism) open, eager attitude to learning, as if one is a beginner

Derived terms

References

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