The Chinese Radical: 心


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Meaning
heart    心

Explanation Image of a heart with coronary arteries.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss
xiǎng
Top: mutually (At the tree you watch mutually.), below: heart
The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts.
JLPT HSK 1
how?, What to do?
zěn
Top: suddenly (The saw fells/chops [the tree] suddenly.), bottom: heart
The saw sawed the heart. - What now?
JLPT HSK 2
breath, news, rest, interest

Top: oneself (The emphasized (= with an accent) eye shows the own self.), bottom: heart
I myself and my heart need breath.
JLPT HSK 2
idea, meaning, thought, wish, desire, Italy 意大利

Top: sound (Stand/Get up into the day with sounds/music [of the clock radio]), bottom: heart
The sounds of my heart are my ideas.
JLPT HSK 2
you (courteous), as opposed to informal
nín
At top: "you" (informal speech) 你 (This person is thus/therefore you [= A lying person appears small , that's thus/therefore ): The person is thus you.] ), below: heart
The informal "you" changes by adding the 'heart' into the formal address: "you".
JLPT HSK 2
to think, to consider

Top: rice field (Here: as an image of the brain), bottom: heart
Use your brain and your heart for: thinking.
JLPT HSK 3
desire, hope, wish
yuàn
Top: source/origin 原 (At the cliff the "small spring" (= "white water " = + ) has its origin.), bottom: heart
They have their source in the heart: the desires.
JLPT HSK 3
urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried

From top: inflected person , hand /, heart
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)
JLPT HSK 3
in every case, always, gather, overall, chief
zǒng
From the top: coming out , mouth , heart
(not only half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'.
JLPT HSK 3
heart, mind, intention, centre, core
xīn

Image of the heart with with coronary artery.
JLPT HSK 3
feelings, to move, to touch, to affect
gǎn
Top: salty (The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty), bottom: heart
A 'salty' heart is a feeling.
JLPT HSK 3
certainly, must, will, necessarily

Heart , lance
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!
JLPT HSK 3
to forget, to overlook, to neglect
wàng
Top: dead (coffin in cross-section), bottom: heart
A dead heart is forgot.
JLPT HSK 3
quick at hearing, clever, sharp-witted, intelligent
cōng
Left: ear , right: wholely 总 (What comes out of the mouth and your heart shall be wholely.)
If your ear works 'wholely', you are quick at hearing and clever.
JLPT HSK 4
afraid, frightened, to fear
kǒng
Top: craftsman , ordinary, general [= A table with scratches is ordinary.), bottom: heart
Craftsmen are generally in their hearts: fearful.
JLPT HSK 4
to worry about, be concerned, to consider, anxiety

Top: tiger , bottom: heart
The tiger has a heart with "worries" =anxiety.
JLPT HSK 4
attitude, shape, manner, bearing
tài
Top: extreme, highest (Big and a little more makes it extreme.), bottom: heart
(times of crises show the true character) The "utmost" heart shows your attitude.
JLPT HSK 4
the will, ambition, sign
zhì
Top: scholar , below: heart
The scholar's heart is his: will.
JLPT HSK 4
know, familiar with, in all cases

Top: (accent for emphasis and rice ), bottom: heart
To have the outstanding (= accented importance) of rice in your heart is the real knowledge.
JLPT HSK 4
admire, to envy, to adore

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: heart [sunrise is: or ]
(a romantic sunset?) Having the sinking sun in your heart is [a feeling of] admiration.
JLPT HSK 5
sadness, sorrow, grief
bēi
Top: wrong (two wings in opposite direction), below: heart
Wrong hearts make me sad.
JLPT HSK 5
to neglect, to overlook, suddenly

Top: 'do not' (shows sunrays), below: heart
If it's only related to sun shine, the heart is neglected.
JLPT HSK 5
remembrance, thoughts, study, to read aloud
niàn
Top: now (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!), bottom: heart
What now is in the heart are remembrances.
JLPT HSK 5
to feel attached to, to long for, to love
liàn
Top: also, namely (To see this variation as red , you can also do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ], bottom: heart
A reddish heart stands for: 'being attached to' and for: love.
JLPT HSK 5
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
huì
Top: comet (It does not fall into your hands /: The comet), bottom: heart
If you make double wings from inverted wings with your hands and you have a heart, you are intelligent.
JLPT HSK 5
favor, benefit, honorific
huì
Top: 叀 (insect behind two additional lines as a grid), bottom: heart
If a grid is in front of the insect, it is for the heart: a favor/benefit.
JLPT HSK 5
to comfort, to console, to reassure
wèi
Top: military officer (This buttocks shows his skillful hand as an officer), bottom: heart
An officer with a heart knows how to comfort.
JLPT HSK 5
to blame, grudge, to complain, grumble
yuàn
Top: (evening , slumped person ), below: heart
In the evening, a slumped person's heart is: blaming and feels grudge.
JLPT HSK 5
respectful, polite, congratulations
gōng
Top: together (Put the plants on the table together.), below: heart
We are together in our hearts with respect.
JLPT HSK 5
evil, fierce, vicious, to harm, to hate
ě, è, wù
Top: relatively weak (Put a plank on the volcanic vent because it is relatively weak.), below: heart
Those with a weak heart are proned to do: evil.
JLPT HSK 5
stable, settled, firm, reliable
wěn
Left: rice plant , right: urgent, pressing (The bent person holds hand to heart , because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.
JLPT HSK 5
(a groaning sound being surprised), Hmmm!
ǹg, ńg
Left: mouth , right: favor, kindness 恩 (The reason is in his heart , that he is that kind.)
The mouth makes after that kindness sounds of surprise.
JLPT HSK 5
leisurely, unhurried, distant, take it easy, to swing
yōu
Top: distant (The person uses a stick and strikes 攵/ to keep him in distance.), below: heart
A person with a stick hits, but his heart remains composed/leisurely.
JLPT HSK 5
worry about, be anxious, be sad
chóu
Top: autumn (when the rice plants are put on fire .), below: heart
In autumn, the heart has worries. (e.g. whether there is enough food for the winter.)
JLPT HSK 5
earnest
kěn
Left: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: heart
A not-good heart is earnest.
JLPT HSK 5
regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
hàn
Left: feeling , right: feeling 感 (= a salty heart is a feeling) [salty = The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty]
Feelings and more feelings of regret.
JLPT HSK 5
to bear, to endure, to tolerate
rěn
Top: blade (sword with a mark for the blade), bottom: heart
The blade in the heart should be beared with endurance.
JLPT HSK 5
virtue, goodness, ethics, character, Germany

Left: to go , right: ten , eye/net 罒, one , heart
Going with ten eyes and only one heart demands German virtue.
JLPT HSK 6
anger, fury, indignant, vigorous

Top: slave (Women's hands work like slaves), below: heart
The slave's heart is full of anger.
JLPT HSK 6
to punish, to reprimand, to warn
chéng
Top: campaign 征 (go correct for the campaign), bottom: heart
Proceed correctly, but also with heart, when you have to punish.
JLPT HSK 6
stuffy, depressed, melancholy, bored
mēn, mèn
Outside: gate / 門, inside: heart
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.
JLPT HSK 6
to add, to increase, to replenish
tiān
Top: fertility 沃 (with water from sky, heaven ), lower right: heart
(children are born) With fertility in the heart we will add some.
JLPT HSK 6
to hang or suspend, to worry, unresolved
xuán
Top: county 县 (three units with noses form a county), bottom: heart
At this county, your heart will hang.
JLPT HSK 6
to be stupid, to cheat or deceive, me or I (modest)

Top: (pictograph of a scorpion: Combination of for carapace, insect (with sting ), long legs ), bottom: heart
The scorpion in its heart is: stupid.
JLPT HSK 6
to be jealous of, fear, dread, to avoid

Top: I/myself (Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: heart
My own heart is jealous.
JLPT HSK 6
compassionate, gentle, kind, humane

Top: now/here (2x mysterious [turning disc , var. of thread ] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart
Like a magnet is his heart: so compassionate.
JLPT HSK 6
heal, to recover, better, the more...

Top: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭]), below: heart
You shall assent with your heart (= to have a good attitude), if you want to heal/recover.
JLPT HSK 6
loyal, devoted, honest
zhōng
Top: center , below: heart
In the middle of the heart is the loyality.
JLPT HSK 6
kindness, favor, grace
ēn
Top: reason, cause (For the fence around the tall person is a reason.), bottom: heart
The reason is in the heart when someone is so kind.
JLPT HSK 6
confuse, to be puzzled
huò
Top: maybe (halberd , circumference of a field with a mark for boundary), below: heart
Limited [= limit and field ] by halberds, the heart feels confused.
JLPT HSK 6
to provoke, irritate, vex, cause (problems)

Top: seem as if (The plant to the right seems as if.), bottom: heart
If you only have an "seems as if" in your heart, this is provoking.
JLPT HSK 6
concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
Left: hill , right: urgent/hurry (The bent person holds hand / to heart , because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.
JLPT HSK 6
forgive, tolerance, forbearance
shù
Top: as such (Women's mouths are as such.), bottom: heart
'As such' the heart has forgiveness.
JLPT HSK 6
to shake, to vibrate
hàn
Left: hand , right: feelings 感 (= a salty heart is a feeling) [salty = The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty]
In the hand you have a feeling for: vibrations / a shaking.
JLPT HSK 6
exhausted
bèi
Top: preparation 备 (sitting cross-legged at rice field ), bottom: heart
He sits cross-legged at the rice field because of his heart: He is exhausted.
JLPT HSK 6
lazy, idle, negligent, careless
dài
From top: platform (nose over the mouth ), heart
On the platform a heart is feeling lazy.
JLPT HSK 6
to restrain, to choke, to stifle, to hold (breath/urine)
biē
Top: shabby, (humble: I) (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: heart
My humble/ shabby heart restrains itself.
JLPT HSK 6
to filter, to strain, filtrate

Left: water , right: to worry about 虑 (The tiger has a heart that has worries.)
With this water I have worries and I am filtering it.
JLPT HSK 6
to suffer (from illness), misfortune, worry
huàn
Top: chain (two pearls on a string ), below: heart
Like a chain around my heart, is how I suffer the illness.
JLPT HSK 6
to lick, to (over-)lap
tiǎn
Left: tongue , right: 忝 (sky/heaven , heart )
The tongue, that appears like from heaven and (touches) the heart: by licking.
JLPT no HSK
leek, scallion, green onion
cōng
From top: Grass, plant , 怱 (= hurry 匆 and heart ) [hurry 匆 = When packing the suitcase, the wrapped long things (= pants) got wrinkles because I was in a hurry)]
The plant that is in a hurry (= grows quickly) and is closest to my heart is the leek.
JLPT no HSK
virtuous, admirable, esteemed, restrain

Top variation of: be happy, enjoy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.), right: lack , heart
Who is happy without a lack of heart, is: virtuous.
JLPT no HSK
to seep, to percolate
qìn
Left: water , right: heart
The water is close to my heart, even if it: seeps out.
JLPT no HSK
wick, core, lamp pith
xīn
Plant , heart
The plant's "heart" (= inner fibers) is its core and suitable as a wick.
JLPT no HSK
to err, to mistake, excessive, to change

Left: heart , right: sabre
The sabre in the heart erred, this is to be changed.
忿
JLPT no HSK
anger, indignation, hatred
fèn
Top: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces), bottom: heart
When sth. is divided, the heart is full of: anger.
JLPT no HSK
absent-minded, confused, indistinct

Left: feelings , right: to neglect, overlook 忽 (If it's only related to sun shine , often the heart is neglected.)
The feeling if you are neglected is: absent-minded.
JLPT no HSK
ear of grain, fringe, tassel
suì
Left: rice plant , right: favor, benefit 惠 (If a grid is in front of the insect , it is for the heart : a favor/benefit)
The rice plant gives its favor at the ear/spike of grain.
JLPT no HSK
twirl (in the fingers)
niǎn
Left: Hand , right: remembrance 念 (now with the heart to remember)
The hand remembers how to twirl.
JLPT no HSK
terrified
sǒng
Top: to obey (Two persons in a relation, whereat one is following and obeying.), bottom: heart
(Siamese twins:) Two persons with only one heart, that is: terrifying.
JLPT no HSK
feelings, opinion, thoughts, breast, bosom

Left: body part /, right: intention, thought, idea 意 (The sounds of my heart are my thought.)
The body part of my intentions is the breast where my feelings are.
JLPT no HSK
silly, simple-minded, foolish, naive, sturdy
hān
Top: to dare (One ear was hit 攵: how daring!), bottom: heart
A daring heart is silly.
JLPT no HSK
sickness
yàng
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: heart (here: one of the 4 legs is crooked)
The sheep with the crooked leg is sick.
JLPT no HSK
cricket

Left: insect , right: know, be familiar with 悉 (To have the outstanding of rice in your heart is the real knowledge)
The insect, that is known/familiar is: the cricket.
JLPT no HSK
to urge, to instigate, to incite, to alarm
yǒng
Top: (bent person , use/usage [A fence can be used]), bottom: heart
A bent person uses/needs a heart that can: be urged or instigated.
JLPT no HSK
anger, rage
huì
Top: piled earth (2x earth ), bottom: heart
With twice earth in your heart you are: in anger.
JLPT no HSK
unrestrained, unbridled, to do as one pleases

Top: next, following (ice is lacking , what comes next?) - (to lack = The yawning person has a lack [of good manners]), bottom: heart
Next, the heart will be unrestrained.

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