芯 (xīn): (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick), used in 芯子, Taiwan pr.
芯 (xīn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 心 (structural). It ranks #2446 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 芯 the heart 心 of a plant 艹; 心 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
- used in 芯子
- Taiwan pr.
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe heart 心 of a plant 艹; 心 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱艹心 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芯片 | xīn piàn | computer chip |
| 灯芯绒 | dēng xīn róng | (textiles) corduroy |
| 反应堆芯 | fǎn yìng duī xīn | reactor core |
| 芯片组 | xīn piàn zǔ | chipset |
| 芯子 | xìn zi | fuse |
| 燃料芯块 | rán liào xīn kuài | fuel pellets |
| 电芯 | diàn xīn | battery cell |
| 灯芯草 | dēng xīn cǎo | see 燈心草|灯心草[deng1 xin1 cao3] |
| 纤芯直径 | xiān xīn zhí jìng | core diameter (of a fiber) |
| 龙芯 | lóng xīn | Loongson (a family of general-purpose CPUs developed within China) |
| 笔芯 | bǐ xīn | pencil lead |
| 灯芯 | dēng xīn | variant of 燈心|灯心[deng1 xin1] |
| 堆芯 | duī xīn | reactor core |
| 纤芯 | xiān xīn | core (of a fiber) |
| 阀芯 | fá xīn | valve stem |
芯 appears in 16 compound words: 19 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 芯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
芯字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
xīn zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "芯" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
...MD同意向Meta出售600亿美元的AI芯片,马斯克设想从月球电磁弹射AI卫星-F...
. . . M D tóng yì xiàng M e t a chū shòu 6 0 0 yì měi yuán de A I xīn piàn , mǎ sī kè shè xiǎng cóng yuè qiú diàn cí dàn shè A I wèi xīng F . . .
... MD agreed to sell $60 billion in AI chips to Meta, and Musk envisions launching AI satellites from the moon's electromagnetic catapult-F...
【早报】仅1纳米、功耗最低!北大实现芯片领域重要突破;美最高法院裁定特朗普政府...
zǎo bào jǐn 1 nà mǐ , gōng hào zuì dī ! běi dà shí xiàn xīn piàn lǐng yù chóng yāo tū pò ; měi zuì gāo fǎ yuàn cái dìng tè lǎng pǔ zhèng fǔ . . .
【Morning Post】Only 1 nanometer, the lowest power consumption! Peking University has achieved an important breakthrough in the field of chips; The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration...
港股概念追踪 | 存储芯片涨价潮愈演愈烈 行业全面进入卖方市场(...
gǎng gǔ gài niàn zhuī zōng cún chǔ xīn piàn zhǎng jià cháo yù yǎn yù liè háng yè quán miàn jìn rù mài fāng shì chǎng ( . . .
Hong Kong Stock Concept Tracking | The wave of memory chip price increases is intensifying, and the industry has fully entered the seller's market (...
ASML推EUV光刻机新技术 2030年芯片产量增50%
A S M L tuī E U V guāng kè jī xīn jì shù 2 0 3 0 nián xīn piàn chǎn liàng zēng 5 0
ASML pushes new EUV lithography machine technology to increase chip production by 50% in 2030
蜡烛没有了芯，就不能算是蜡烛了。
Làzhú méiyǒu le xīn, jiù bù néng suànshì làzhú le.
A candle without a wick is no candle at all.
我从她那里拿了一根自动铅笔芯。
Wǒ cóng tā nàli ná le yī gēn zìdòng qiānbǐ xīn.
I got a piece of lead for my mechanical pencil from her.
Character Family
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