The Chinese Radical: 心


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Meaning
heart    心

Explanation Image of a heart with coronary arteries.

Used in these characters:
想
JLPT HSK 1
to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss
xiǎng
相 心 日
Top: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.), below: heart 心
The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts.  
怎
JLPT HSK 1
how?, What to do?
zěn
乍 心
Top: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells/chops [the tree] suddenly.), bottom: heart 心
The saw sawed the heart. - What now?  
息
JLPT HSK 2
breath, news, rest, interest
xī
息 自 心
Top: oneself 自 (The emphasized (= with an accent) ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), bottom: heart 心
I myself and my heart need breath.  
意
JLPT HSK 2
idea, meaning, thought, wish, desire, Italy 意大利
yì
音 心
Top: sound 音 (Stand/Get up 立 into the day 日 with sounds/music [of the clock radio]), bottom: heart 心
The sounds of my heart are my ideas.  
您
JLPT HSK 2
you (courteous), as opposed to informal
nín
亻 尔 心
At top: "you" (informal speech) 你 (This person 亻is thus/therefore 尔 you [尔= A lying person appears small 小, that's thus/therefore ): The person is thus you.] ), below: heart 心
The informal "you" changes by adding the 'heart' into the formal address: "you".  
思
JLPT HSK 2
to think, to consider
sī
思 心
Top: rice field 田 (Here: 田 as an image of the brain), bottom: heart 心
Use your brain and your heart for: thinking.  
愿
JLPT HSK 3
desire, hope, wish
yuàn
厂 泉 心
Top: source/origin 原 (At the cliff 厂 the "small spring" (= "white 白 water 川" = 泉 + 小) has its origin.), bottom: heart 心
They have their source in the heart: the desires.  
急
JLPT HSK 3
urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried
jí
急 彐 心 ⺈
From top: inflected person ⺈, hand /彐, heart 心
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)  
总
JLPT HSK 3
in every case, always, gather, overall, chief
zǒng
丷 口 心
From the top: coming out 丷, mouth 口, heart 心
(not only half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'.  
心
JLPT HSK 3
heart, mind, intention, center, core
xīn
心

Image of the heart with with coronary artery.  
感
JLPT HSK 3
feelings, to move, to touch, to affect
gǎn
咸 心 戎
Top: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty), bottom: heart 心
A 'salty' heart is a feeling.  
必
JLPT HSK 3
certainly, must, will, necessarily
bì
必 心 ノ
Heart 心, lance ノ
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!  
忘
JLPT HSK 3
to forget, to overlook, to neglect
wàng
亡 心
Top: dead 亡 (coffin in cross-section), bottom: heart 心
A dead heart is forgot.  
聪
JLPT HSK 3
quick at hearing, clever, sharp-witted, intelligent
cōng
耳 心
Left: ear 耳, right: wholly 总 (What comes out of 丷 the mouth 口 and your heart 心 shall be wholly.)
If your ear works 'wholly', you are quick at hearing and clever.  
恐
JLPT HSK 4
afraid, frightened, to fear
kǒng
工 凡 心
Top: craftsman 工, ordinary, general 凡 [= A table 几 with a scratch 丶 is ordinary.), bottom: heart 心
Craftsmen are generally in their hearts: fearful.  
虑
JLPT HSK 4
to worry about, be concerned, to consider, anxiety
lǜ
虍 心
Top: tiger 虍, bottom: heart 心
The tiger has a heart with "worries" =anxiety.  
态
JLPT HSK 4
attitude, shape, manner, bearing
tài
太 心
Top: extreme, highest 太 (Big 大 and a little more丶 makes it extreme.), bottom: heart 心
(times of crises show the true character) The "utmost" heart shows your attitude.  
志
JLPT HSK 4
the will, ambition, sign
zhì
士 心
Top: scholar 士, below: heart 心
The scholar's heart is his: will.  
悉
JLPT HSK 4
know, familiar with, in all cases
xī
釆 心
Top: 釆 (accent for emphasis ノ and rice 米), bottom: heart 心
To have the outstanding (= accented importance) of rice in your heart is the real knowledge.  
慕
JLPT HSK 4
admire, to envy, to adore
mù
莫 心
Top: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: heart 心 [sunrise is: 旦 or ]
(a romantic sunset?) Having the sinking sun in your heart is [a feeling of] admiration.  
悲
JLPT HSK 5
sadness, sorrow, grief
bēi
非 心
Top: wrong 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite direction), below: heart 心
Wrong hearts make me sad.  
忽
JLPT HSK 5
to neglect, to overlook, suddenly
hū
勿 心
Top: 'do not' 勿 (shows sunrays), below: heart 心
If it's only related to sun shine, the heart is neglected.  
念
JLPT HSK 5
remembrance, thoughts, study, to read aloud
niàn
今 心
Top: now 今 (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!), bottom: heart 心
What now is in the heart are remembrances.  
恋
JLPT HSK 5
to feel attached to, to long for, to love
liàn
亦 心 赤
Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns red 赤], bottom: heart 心
A reddish heart stands for: 'being attached to' and for: love.  
慧
JLPT HSK 5
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
huì
非 丰 彐 心
Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心 [非 = reversed wings]
Anyone who cares for growing plants 丰 with hand and heart is intelligent.  
惠
JLPT HSK 5
favor, benefit, honorific
huì
心 虫
Top: 叀 (insect 虫 behind two additional lines 二 as a grid), bottom: heart 心
If a grid is in front of the insect, it is for the heart: a favor/benefit.  
慰
JLPT HSK 5
to comfort, to console, to reassure
wèi
尉 示 寸 心
Top: military officer 尉 (This buttocks 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸 as an officer), bottom: heart 心
An officer with a heart knows how to comfort.  
怨
JLPT HSK 5
to blame, grudge, to complain, grumble
yuàn
夗 心 㔾 夕
Top: 夗 (evening 夕, slumped person 㔾), below: heart 心
In the evening, a slumped person's heart is: blaming and feels grudge.  
恭
JLPT HSK 5
respectful, polite, congratulations
gōng
共 心
Top: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.), below: heart 心
We are together in our hearts with respect.  
恶
JLPT HSK 5
evil, fierce, vicious, to harm, to hate
ě, è, wù
亚 心
Top: relatively weak 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the hollow volcanic vent 业 because it is relatively weak.), below: heart 心
Those with a weak heart are proned to do: evil.  
稳
JLPT HSK 5
stable, settled, firm, reliable
wěn
禾 急 心
Left: rice plant 禾, right: urgent, pressing 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand 彐 to heart 心, because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.  
嗯
JLPT HSK 5
(sound being surprised or of approval), Well!, Hmmm!
ǹg, ńg
口 因 心
Left: mouth 口, right: favor, kindness 恩 (The reason 因 is in his heart 心, that he is that kind.)
The mouth makes after that kindness sounds of surprise.  
悠
JLPT HSK 5
leisurely, unhurried, distant, take it easy, to swing
yōu
攸 攴 心
Top: distant 攸 (The person 人 uses a stick丨 and strikes 攵/攴 to keep him in distance.), below: heart 心
A person with a stick hits, but his heart remains composed/leisurely.  
愁
JLPT HSK 5
worry about, be anxious, be sad
chóu
秋 心
Top: autumn 秋 (when the rice plants 禾 are put on fire 火.), below: heart 心
In autumn, the heart has worries. (e.g. whether there is enough food for the winter.)  
恳
JLPT HSK 5
earnest
kěn
艮 心
Left: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), right: heart 心
A not-good heart is earnest.  
憾
JLPT HSK 5
regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
hàn
忄 戎 咸 心
Left: feeling 忄, right: feeling 感 (= a salty 咸 heart 心 is a feeling) [salty 咸 = The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty]
Feelings and more feelings of regret.  
忍
JLPT HSK 5
to bear, to endure, to tolerate
rěn
刃 心
Top: blade 刃 (sword 刀 with a mark 丶 for the blade), bottom: heart 心
(You can't escape some evils:) The blade in the heart should be born with endurance.  
德
JLPT HSK 5
virtue, goodness, ethics, character, Germany
dé
彳 网 心
Left: to go 彳, right: ten 十, eye/net 罒, one 一, heart 心
Going with ten eyes and only one heart demands German virtue.  
怒
JLPT HSK 6
anger, fury, indignant, vigorous
nù
奴 心
Top: slave 奴 (Women's 女 hands 又 work like slaves), below: heart 心
The slave's heart is full of anger.  
惩
JLPT HSK 6
to punish, to reprimand, to warn
chéng
彳 正 心
Top: campaign 征 (Go 彳 correctly 正 for the campaign), bottom: heart 心
Proceed correctly, but also with heart, when you have to punish.  
闷
JLPT HSK 6
stuffy, depressed, melancholy, bored
mēn, mèn
門 心
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: heart 心
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.  
添
JLPT HSK 6
to add, to increase, to replenish
tiān
氵 天 心
Top: fertility 沃 (with water 氵from sky, heaven 天), lower right: heart 心
(children are born) With fertility in the heart we will add some.  
悬
JLPT HSK 6
to hang or suspend, to worry, unresolved
xuán
且 厶 心
Top: county 县 (three units 口 with noses 厶 form a county), bottom: heart 心
At this county, your heart will hang.  
愚
JLPT HSK 6
to be stupid, to cheat or deceive, me or I (modest)
yú
禺 禸 心
Top: 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: Combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫 (with sting 厶), long legs 冂), bottom: heart 心
The scorpion in its heart is: stupid.  
忌
JLPT HSK 6
to be jealous of, fear, dread, to avoid
jì
己 心
Top: I/myself 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.), bottom: heart 心
My own heart is jealous.  
慈
JLPT HSK 6
compassionate, gentle, kind, humane
cí
兹 玄 亠 心
Top: now/here 兹 (2x mysterious 玄 [turning disc 亠, var. of thread 糸] or variation of magnet 磁 [= the mysterious stone]), below: heart 心
Like a magnet shall be your heart: compassionate.  
愈
JLPT HSK 6
heal, to recover, better, the more...
yù
俞 心
Top: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭]), below: heart 心
You shall assent with your heart (= to have a good attitude), if you want to heal/recover.  
忠
JLPT HSK 6
loyal, devoted, honest
zhōng
中 心
Top: center 中, below: heart 心
In the middle of the heart is the loyalty.  
恩
JLPT HSK 6
kindness, favor, grace
ēn
因 心
Top: reason, cause 因 (For the fence 囗 around the tall person 大 is a reason.), bottom: heart 心
The reason is in the heart when someone is so kind.  
惑
JLPT HSK 6
confuse, to be puzzled
huò
或 戈 心
Top: maybe 或 (halberd 戈, circumference 口 of a field with a mark 一 for boundary), below: heart 心
Limited [= limit 一 and field 口] by halberds, the heart feels confused.  
惹
JLPT HSK 6
to provoke, irritate, vex, cause (problems)
rě
若 心
Top: seem as if 若 (The plant 艹 to the right 右 seems as if.), bottom: heart 心
If you only have an "seems as if" in your heart, this is provoking.  
隐
JLPT HSK 6
concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
阝 急 彐 心
Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.  
恕
JLPT HSK 6
forgive, tolerance, forbearance
shù
如 心
Top: as such 如 (Women's 女 mouths 口 are as such.), bottom: heart 心
'As such' the heart has forgiveness.  
撼
JLPT HSK 6
to shake, to vibrate
hàn
扌 咸 心 戎
Left: hand 扌, right: feelings 感 (= a salty 咸 heart 心 is a feeling) [salty 咸 = The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty]
In the hand you have a feeling for: vibrations / a shaking.  
惫
JLPT HSK 6
exhausted
bèi
夂 田 心
Top: preparation 备 (sitting cross-legged 夂 at rice field 田), bottom: heart 心
He sits cross-legged at the rice field because of his heart: He is exhausted.  
怠
JLPT HSK 6
lazy, idle, negligent, careless
dài
台 心
From top: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.), heart 心
At a (performance) on stage, the heart is feeling lazy.  
憋
JLPT HSK 6
to restrain, to choke, to stifle, to hold (breath/urine)
biē
敝 心
Top: shabby, (humble: I) 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and is then as shabby as I am.), bottom: heart 心
My humble/ shabby heart restrains itself.  
滤
JLPT HSK 6
to filter, to strain, filtrate
lǜ
氵 虍 心
Left: water 氵, right: to worry about 虑 (The tiger 虍 has a heart 心 that has worries.)
With this water I have worries and I am filtering it.  
患
JLPT HSK 6
to suffer (from illness), misfortune, worry
huàn
串 心 疒
Top: chain 串 (two pearls 口 on a string 丨), below: heart 心
Like a chain around my heart, is how I suffer the illness.  
舔
JLPT HSK 6
to lick, to (over-)lap
tiǎn
舌 天 心
Left: tongue 舌, right: 忝 (sky/heaven 天, heart 心)
The tongue, that appears like from heaven and (touches) the heart: by licking.  
葱
JLPT no HSK
leek, scallion, green onion
cōng
艹 勿 心
From top: grass, plant 艹, 怱 (= hurry 匆 and heart 心) [hurry 匆 = When packing the suitcase, the wrapped 勹 long things ノノ (= 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.  
懿
JLPT no HSK
virtuous, admirable, esteemed, restrain
yì
喜 豆 次 心
Top variation of: be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.), right: lack 次, heart 心
He who is happy and has no lack in his heart: virtuous.  
沁
JLPT no HSK
to seep, to percolate
qìn
氵 心
Left: water 氵, right: heart 心
The water is close to my heart, even if it: seeps out.  
芯
JLPT no HSK
wick, core, lamp pith
xīn
艹 心
Plant 艹, heart 心
The plant's "heart" (= inner fibers) is its core and suitable as a wick.  
忒
JLPT no HSK
to err, to mistake, excessive, to change
tè
弋 心
Left: heart 心, right: saber 弋
The saber in the heart erred, this is to be changed.  
忿
JLPT no HSK
anger, indignation, hatred
fèn
分 心
Top: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces), bottom: heart 心
When sth. is divided, the heart is full of: anger.  
惚
JLPT no HSK
absent-minded, confused, indistinct
hū
忄 勿 心
Left: feelings 忄, right: to neglect, overlook 忽 (If it's only related to sun shine 勿, often the heart 心 is neglected.)
The feeling if you are neglected is: absent-minded.  
穗
JLPT no HSK
ear of grain, fringe, tassel
suì
禾 心
Left: rice plant 禾, right: favor, benefit 惠 (If a grid 二 is in front of the insect 虫, it is for the heart 心: a favor/benefit)
The rice plant gives its favor at the ear/spike of grain.  
捻
JLPT no HSK
twirl (in the fingers)
niǎn
扌 今 心 丩
Left: hand 扌, right: remembrance 念 (now 今 with the heart 心 to remember)
The hand remembers how to twirl.  
怂
JLPT no HSK
terrified
sǒng
从 心
Top: to obey 从 (Two persons 人 in a relation, whereat one is following and obeying.), bottom: heart 心
(Siamese twins:) Two persons with only one heart, that is: terrifying.  
臆
JLPT no HSK
feelings, opinion, thoughts, breast, bosom
yì
肉 音 心
Left: body part 月/肉, right: intention, thought, idea 意 (The sounds 音 of my heart 心 are my thoughts.)
The body part of my intentions is the breast where my feelings are.  
憨
JLPT no HSK
silly, simple-minded, foolish, naive, sturdy
hān
敢 乛 心
Top: to dare 敢 (One 乛 ear 耳 was hit 攵: how daring!), bottom: heart 心
A daring heart is silly.  
恙
JLPT no HSK
sickness
yàng
羊 心
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: heart 心 (here: one 乚 of the 4 legs 灬 is crooked)
The sheep with the one crooked leg is sick.  
蟋
JLPT no HSK
cricket
xī
虫 釆 心
Left: insect 虫, right: know, be familiar with 悉 (To have the outstanding ノ of rice 米 in your heart 心 is the real knowledge)
The insect, that is known/familiar is: the cricket.  
恿
JLPT no HSK
to urge, to instigate, to incite, to alarm
yǒng
甬 心
Top: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used]), bottom: heart 心
A bent person uses/needs a heart that can: be urged or instigated.  
恚
JLPT no HSK
anger, rage
huì
圭 心
Top: piled earth 圭 (2x earth 土), bottom: heart 心
With twice earth in your heart you are: in anger.  
恣
JLPT no HSK
unrestrained, unbridled, to do as one pleases
zì
次 心
Top: next, following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) - (to lack 欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of good manners]), bottom: heart 心
Next, the heart will be unrestrained.  

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