Chinese Character Wiki
恩

ēn

kindness

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound.

Components
心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

因 sound component

因  Sound component

yīn

  

cause

Evolution

恩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
恩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
恩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

恩  

ēn

kindness, mercy, charity; favor; grace; kindness

恩 (㤙) 

ēn

variant of 恩[ēn]

Most common words with 恩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恩

favor

感恩

to be grateful

感恩节

Thanksgiving Day

周恩来

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976

肖恩

Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

嗯 摁 蒽

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔˤə[n]

'on

ēn

kindness, favor


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 40.8297% of movies

502nd most common character in movies

888th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6069

Shuowen

“恩，惠也。从心，因聲。”


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