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Kanji Detail for 心 - "heart, mind, core"

心

  • Meaning

    心 means "heart, mind, core."

    1. Heart - The emotional center; the mind.

    2. Mind - The seat of thought and feeling.

    3. Core - The central part.

    4. Spirit - The inner essence.

  • Words using 心

    • 中心 ちゅうしん Listen center; centre; middle
    • 関心 かんしん Listen concern; interest
    • 心不全 しんふぜん Listen heart failure
    • 心理 しんり Listen state of mind; mentality; psychology
    • 心臓 しんぞう Listen heart; guts; nerve
    • 心配 しんぱい Listen worry; concern; anxiety
    • 熱心 ねっしん Listen zealous; enthusiastic; ardent
    • 都心 としん Listen city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

  • Four-character idioms with 心

    • 一心不乱 いっしんふらん Listen wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently
    • 一心同体 いっしんどうたい Listen being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
    • 以心伝心 いしんでんしん Listen telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference
    • 心機一転 しんきいってん Listen changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
    • 心神耗弱 しんしんこうじゃく Listen diminished capacity; diminished responsibility
    • 疑心暗鬼 ぎしんあんき Listen suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

  • Origin of 心

    A pictograph of the heart as an organ: the chambers and the aorta, drawn in four strokes. It became the radical for nearly every character of feeling and thought.

    How to remember it: Three drops of blood around a curved chamber — the beating heart, drawn from anatomy.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 心

    • Verified meaning: heart, mind, core
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, きよ, ここ, こころ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 心

    Given names 心(あい)Listen 心(きよ)Listen 心(ここ)Listen 心(こころ)Listen 心(こっこ)Listen 心(しずか)Listen 心(しん)Listen 心(しんば)Listen 心(てんし)Listen 心(なか)Listen 心(のぞみ)Listen

    Surnames 心(しんじ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    heart; mind; soul

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An organ name. Below the lungs. The mechanism for circulating blood. Ancients considered the heart the organ of thought. All relating to thought is called 心. Such as 心境, 心地. Now, the study of consciousness phenomena is called 心理學 (psychology). | Center. All referring to the middle is 心. Such as 圓心 (center of circle), 重心 (center of gravity). | A star name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions. Anciently called Great Fire. Also called Shang Star.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gokoro(ごころ) ごころ

    kokoro(こころ) こころ

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    heart mind core center feelings spirit attitude compassion consciousness emotion empathy inner intellect intuition love mental mood perception soul thought

Sentences including 心

  • We are anxious about your health.

  • He had an absent look on his face.

  • I wonder when jane will come next time.

  • I'm really concerned about your future.

  • I decided to come to japan last year.

  • You need not worry about her.

  • Happy is the man who is contented.

  • He determined to finish it alone.

  • Your mother is anxious about your health.

  • He made up his mind to go there alone.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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