心heart
heart. 4 strokes. 60 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning heartStrokes 4Characters 60Also written 忄
How to write 心
The shapes it is written in
心 in 33 characters, 忄 in 27 characters. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.
What it tells you about a character
Of the 60 characters below, 45 are pictophonetic with 心 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 60 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 心 family
HSK 2 · 17
HSK 3 · 8
HSK 4 · 4
HSK 5 · 16
HSK 6 · 15
Words they appear in
| 爱情 | romantic love 男女之间真挚深厚的感情 |
| 必须 | must, have to 一定要做，没有别的选择 |
| 不好意思 | embarrassed, sorry 因为做得不够好而感到难为情 |
| 懂 | to understand 完全能明白其中的意思 |
| 懂得 | to know, to understand (a lesson) deeply 深刻地明白某个道理 |
| 放心 | to feel reassured, at ease 心里不再担心，感到安定 |
| 感到 | to feel, to sense 心里对某种情况有了体会 |
| 感动 | to move (emotionally), to touch 内心被别人的言行触动 |
| 感觉 | feeling, sensation 身体或心里察觉到的一种印象 |
| 感谢 | to thank, to be grateful to 用言语或行动表达谢意 |
| 故意 | intentionally, deliberately 特意这样做，不是不小心 |
| 关心 | to care about, be concerned for 重视并挂念别人的情况 |
| 忽然 | suddenly, all at once 事情发生得又快又没有预兆 |
| 急 | urgent, pressing 事情十分要紧，必须马上处理 |