芯

芯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿心 (TP), four-corner 4433₀, composition ⿱艹心)

• KangXi: page 1020, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 1
• Unihan data for U+82AF

芯

1. pith from the common rush (Juncus effusus), used as lamp wick
2. lamp wick
3. (in general) core material (of something); centre; wick; pencil lead

芯

1. Only used in 芯子 (xìnzi, “fuse; tongue of a snake”).

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kun: ほそい (hosoi); とうしんぐさ (tōshingusa, 芯)

From Middle Chinese 芯.

• (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

芯(しん) • (shin) 

1. core, heart

   トイレットペーパーの芯(しん)

   toiretto pēpā no shin

   inner cardboard tube of a roll of toilet paper

2. pencil lead

   替(か)え芯(しん)

   kaeshin

   replacement lead

3. wick

芯 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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