The Chinese Radical: 忄


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Meaning
feelings    忄

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
quick, speed, rapid
kuài
Left: feelings 忄, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
(It is easier to carry your luggage with it:) The feeling of the person with the backpack is that he is quick and speedy.
HSK 2
passion, emotion, feeling, situation
qíng
Left: feeling 忄, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants /丰 appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
The feeling of the youth is passion.
HSK 2
slow
màn
Left: feeling 忄, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又), but here: 又 as a hand.
The feeling with the sun shining into the eyes makes your hands 又: slow.
HSK 2
busy, hurriedly
máng
Left: feeling 忄 (var. of heart 心), right: dead 亡 (a coffin seen from the end)
Feelings died (Cardiac death?) caused by being too busy.
HSK 2
to understand, to know
dǒng
Left: feelings 忄, right: supervise, director 董 (To make plants 艹 heavy 重, they must be supervised/monitored.) [heavy 重 = A vehicle 車/车 with double wheels 二 is for heavy loads.]
Only if you can supervise (control) your feelings, you will understand.
HSK 3
to fear, to be afraid, to dread

Left: feelings 忄, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
(If everything is blindingly white 白, you can't see anything, like snow blindness.) The feelings in the white can be fear.
HSK 3
weird, bewildering, monster
guài
Left: feeling 忄, right: upright/vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Feelings so upright are weird.
HSK 3
accustomed to, used to, indulge, to spoil (a child)
guàn
Left: feeling 忄, right: to pierce 贯 (Mother's 母 money 贝 is pierced.)
My feelings are pierced, but I get accustomed to it.
HSK 3
chopstick
kuài
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: rapid, quick 快 (It becomes easier to carry your load: The feeling 忄 of the person 人 with the backpack コ is that he is quick and rapid)
From bamboo you can quickly make chopsticks.
怀
HSK 4
bosom, breast, heart, to think of, to cherish
huái
Left: feeling 忄, right: negation 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
Feelings are not only in the bosom.
HSK 4
personality, nature, character, sexuality, gender
xìng
Left: feeling 忄, right: life/birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
Feelings you have at your birth determine your personality.
HSK 4
memory, to recollect, to remember

Left: feelings 忄, right: at second position 乙 (The number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
The feeling that comes after, in second place, is the memory.
HSK 4
regret, pity, to rue, to begrudge

Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of old days)
(Times are getting harder:) Feelings we had in the old days, were the regrets.
HSK 4
to be frightened, to be scared, alarm
jīng
Left: feeling 忄, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
The feelings in the capital can be frightening.
HSK 4
to pity, to sympathize
lián
Left: feelings 忄, right: command/order 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
Some feelings come automatically, as if on command: The pity.
HSK 4
to get angry, hate, enraged
nǎo
Left: feelings 忄, right: trash can 㐫 (cover 亠 and grim 凶 [container 凵 with dreadful 㐅 content])
Feelings for the trash can are: anger and hate.
HSK 4
regret, remorse, repentance
huǐ
Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding]
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.
HSK 4
happiness, cheerful, joyful, pleased

Left: feeling 忄, right: assent 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
Feelings of assent are: happiness and cheerfulness.
HSK 4
lazy, idle, inactive
lǎn
Left: feeling 忄, right: depending on 赖 (bundle 束, to bear 负 [With the load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load])
The feeling when you give your bundle to the bent ⺈ for money 贝/貝 is: to be lazy.
HSK 5
to hate, bitterness, to regret
hèn
Left: feeling 忄, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
Feelings are not good when they are hatred.
HSK 5
to restore, to recover, great
huī
Left: feelings 忄, right: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff-厂-like" the fire 火, it is the ashes.)
The feelings out of the ashes shall be restored.
HSK 5
quiet, sad
qiǎo
Left: feelings 忄, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Feelings, that are alike are quietness and sadness.
HSK 5
to get panicky, confused, to lose one's head
huāng
Left: feeling 忄, right: uncultivated, rough 荒 (The plants 艹 died 亡 [coffin seen from the end] due to river 川 and it became uncultivated.)
The feelings were so uncultivated/rough that I got panicky.
HSK 5
careful, cautious, prudent
shèn
Left: feeling 忄, right: really, truly 真 (What is seen by ten 十 eyes 目 on the table is truely real.)
As for your feeling for the truth, you should be: careful.
HSK 5
regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
hàn
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.
HSK 5
ashamed, remorse
kuì
Left: feeling 忄, right: devil 鬼
The feeling in face of the devil is ashamed and remorseful.
HSK 5
ashamed, disgrace
cán
Left: feelings 忄, right: to chop, cut 斩 (vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤)
The feeling as if being chopped, that is the: shame.
HSK 6
constant, permanent, fixed, usual, ordinary
héng
Left: feeling 忄, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一)
My feelings from sunrise to sunset are usually constant.
HSK 6
terror, terrified, afraid, frightened

Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂)
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified.
HSK 6
to worry, anxiety, sorrow
yōu
Left: feelings 忄, right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding.)
A feeling that is outstanding are the worries.
HSK 6
appropriate, just, exactly, precisely, suitable
qià
Left: feelings 忄, right: to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口)
The feeling that it fits is just appropriate.
HSK 6
joy, pleased
yuè
Left: feeling 忄, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place)
The feelings about the money transfer (coming from my elder brother) are: joy.
HSK 6
miserable, wretched, cruel, inhuman, tragic
cǎn
Left: feeling 忄, right: to participate 参 (Where the simplified woman 厶 with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.
HSK 6
generous, sad
kǎi
Left: feeling 忄, right: already, since 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..)
With feelings she is already rather generous.
HSK 6
unexpectedly, to stare blankly, distracted, rashly
lèng
Left: feelings 忄, right: net 罒, direction 方
The feeling, that the net works in one direction, was unexpected.
HSK 6
to fear, dread, be afraid of

Left: feelings 忄, right: tool 具 (The eye 目 sees on the table a tool)
The feeling when an eye is lying on the table is fear and dread.
HSK 6
cowardly, timid, rustic
qiè
Left: feelings 忄, right: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.)
If your feelings left from you, you become cowardly.
HSK 6
enlightment, consciousness, awareness, to comprehend

Left: feeling 忄, right: I, me 吾 (Here: Five 五 mouths 口 are standing for the five paths of Buddhistic enlightment.)
The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths mean enlightment.
HSK 6
anger, furious, resentment, indignant
fèn
Left: feeling 忄, right: 贲 (grasses or thirty 卉 and money 贝)
The feeling of paying thirty-fold money for these grasses is anger and indignation.
HSK 6
indistinct, distracted, flurried, disappointed
huǎng
Left: feelings 忄, right: light, ray 光 (fire 火 on legs 儿 serves as light.)
Some feelings are at light: indistinct and distracted.
HSK 6
fearful, alert, on guard, respectful

Left: feeling 忄, right: easy 易 (warming sunshine)
The feeling when everything appears too easy, should be a fearful alert.
HSK 6
vehement, fervent, generous, giving, magnanimous
kāng
(Left: feelings 忄, right: health 康 (In a building 广 a hand with a spoon 丨 stirs a soup 水 that is healthy.)
Feelings are healthy, if they are vehement and giving.
HSK 6
mourn, lament
dào
Left: feeling 忄, right: excellent 卓 ([Before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜/占 early at the morning 早 is excellent)
Can feelings be excellent, when you are mourning?
HSK 6
laziness, lazy
duò
Left: feeling 忄, right: left 左, body 月/肉
(When you are a right-handed person:) I feel that my left body (= left half of the body) is lazy.
HSK 6
compassion, to regret, to sigh in regret or pity
wǎn
Left: feelings 忄, right: "as if",similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
The feelings are (always) similar, when I show compassion.
HSK 6
fear, dread, dislike
dàn
Left: feeling 忄, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)
The feeling when you are single, is: fear.
HSK 6
to think of, to remember, to miss
diàn
Left: feeling 忄, right: shop, store 店
The feelings are the (real) "business", when thinking of sth/sb.
no HSK
lax, relaxed, negligent
xiè
Left: feelings 忄, right: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: It that a solution?)
Feelings can be a solution, if you take it lax/relaxed.
no HSK
terrified, to stare blankly, startled
zhēng
Left: feeling 忄, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)
The feeling that I have to make it (always absolutely) correct, is being: terrified.
no HSK
startled, astonished
è
Left: feelings 忄, right: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
The feeling of a jaw wide open is: being startled.
no HSK
only, however, nevertheless
wéi
Left: feelings 忄, right: bird 隹
(Due to their ability to fly:) The feeling that this is for birds only.
no HSK
to sympathize, to pity, to feel compassion for
mǐn
Left: feeling 忄, right: 闵 (gate 门/門, text/language 文)
(He is in the pillory) The feeling when his name is on the gate is to: sympathize.
no HSK
be feared, afraid, to frighten, to intimidate
shè
Left: feelings 忄, right: whisper 聂 (To the ear 耳 with both hands 双 and we whisper.)
The feeling when whispering is fear.
no HSK
to ponder, to speculate, to consider, to guess
cǔn
Left: feelings 忄, right: skillful hand 寸
The feeling in a skillful hand is a: pondering.
no HSK
harmony, pleased

Left: feelings 忄, right: platform, rack 台 (The nose 厶 over the mouth 口 is like a platform)
The feeling that there is (for everything) a frame is: Harmony.
no HSK
fierce, violent, heroic, courageous, intrepid, dauntless
hàn
Left: feelings 忄, right: drought 旱 (the sun 日 has dried 干)
(The plants are withered) The feelings at this drought are fierce.
no HSK
to go against, to be contrary to, perverse, rebellious
bèi
Left: feelings 忄, right: comet 孛 (It crosses 十 the orbits of the planets in the firmament 冖 and is (big as a) child 子)
(It does not follow a planetary orbit:) The feeling with a comet that it: goes against.
no HSK
cowardly, weak, timid, imbecile
nuò
Left: feelings 忄, right: require, need 需 (Rain[water] 雨 on the beard 而 is needed [for care])
The feeling that he needs sb. has the: coward.
no HSK
feel remorse, regret, repent
chàn
Left: feelings 忄, right: thousand 千
This feeling is thousand-fold: the remorse!
no HSK
to regret
ào
Left: feelings 忄, right: obscure 奥 (Below the roof 宀 is rice 米 in big 大 quantities, which is obscure)
(He was greedy:) The feeling when he hoarded under his roof a lot of rice was: regret.
no HSK
anxiety, sympathy, to give relief, to compensate

Left: feelings 忄, right: blood 血 (A drop 丶 of blood falls in a bowl 皿)
The feeling of blood is: anxiety and sympathy.
no HSK
to rely on, mother (formal)
shì
Left: feelings 忄, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
I have the feeling, that a temple can be relied on.
no HSK
absent-minded, confused, indistinct

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.
no HSK
grieved, distressed, sad, uneasy
chōng
Left: feelings 忄, right: center 中
The feeling out of your center is: grieve.
no HSK
honesty, sincerity
chén
Left: feelings 忄, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
The feeling with the injuries [arms and leg] is: honesty.
no HSK
tranquil, understand
xīng
Left: feelings 忄, right: star 星 (Suns 日 with life 生 are the stars)
The feeling when (watching) the stars is: being tranquil.
no HSK
frightened, afraid, nervous
huáng
Left: feelings 忄, right: emperor 皇 (= the sun-日-rayノ-king 王)
The feeling in front of the emperor is to be: frightened.
no HSK
depressed, regretful, upset, despair
chàng
Left: feelings 忄, right: long 长 (長= Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
The feeling that (everything) extends long (time) is to be: depressed.
no HSK
disconcerted, discouraged, dejected, disappointed
wǎng
Left: feelings 忄, right: net for dead-capture 罔 (net 网, with a trawl 罒 and two trawl lines 冂, inside: to die 亡 [= coffin in cross-section])
When my feelings are caught in a net until they die, I am disconcerted.
no HSK
joyful, kind, be contented
kǎi
Left: feelings 忄, right: How? 岂 (Up to the mountain 山? Myself 己? How??)
The feeling after the mountain was climbed by myself was: joy!
no HSK
downcast, haggard, sad, distressed
cuì
Left: feeling 忄, right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.)
The feeling that suddenly soldiers (came) made him downcast.
no HSK
respectful, scrupulous

Left: feelings 忄, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Feelings everybody should have is to be respectful.
no HSK
haggard, pallid and thin
qiáo
Left: feelings 忄, right: scorch, burn 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 Here: four legs)
Feelings like a bird on fire: haggard.
no HSK
hatred, to detest
zēng
Left: feeling 忄, right: formerly 曾 (=曽- At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly)
Feelings from formerly: the hatred.
no HSK
frightened
sǒng
Left: feelings 忄, right: bundle 束(Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.)
The feeling like being bound as a bundle, when being: frightened.
no HSK
to palpitate, fearful, afraid, perturbed

Left: feelings 忄, right: season, period 季 (Rice plants 禾 and children 子 develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.
no HSK
sincere, honest, guileless

Left: feelings 忄, right: element, essence 素 (Growing plants 丰 consist of fibers 糸 which are their elements.)
The feeling, that is essential is to be: sincere.
no HSK
irresolute, unsettled
chōng
Left: feelings 忄, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
The feelings of a child are irresolute and unsettled.
no HSK
impulsive
pēng
Left: feelings 忄, right: flat, equal 平 (image of a scales)
The feeling that takes you out of being well-balanced is to be: impulsive.
no HSK
angry, vexation, indignant
xìng
Left: feelings 忄, right: happiness, fortunate 幸 (Between two 丶丶 earths 土 [the lower mirrored 干] is the happiness.)
(The sheep 羊 is missing a stroke 一) The feeling that on earth 土 is an incomplete sheep is: anger.
no HSK
to long for, yearn for, awaken
jǐng
Left: feelings 忄, right: scenery, view 景 (.. with the sun 日 over the capital 京)
Feelings at this view: yearning and longing.
no HSK
quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful
tián
Left: feelings 忄, right: tongue 舌
(He speaks in a very balanced and sensitive way:) With feelings in the tongue it becomes: quiet and calm.
no HSK
anxiety, anxious, worried
zhuì
Left: feeling 忄, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
The feeling, where you are concentrated (focused) to sth. is the anxiety.
no HSK
stupid
měng
Left: feelings 忄, right: 瞢 (艹,罒/网,冖,目) - [cf.鲁]
My feeling when I see him, with his wide eyebrows 艹, eyes 罒 and a mustache 冖 over the open mouth 目, is that he is: stupid.
no HSK
sorrowful

Left: feelings 忄, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules)
The feeling if my money is cut/divided is: sorrow.
no HSK
cheerful, satisfied
qiè
Left: feeling 忄, right: embracement 匚 and squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful.

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