心(xīn)

HSK 24 strokes

heart

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Character information

Pinyin
xīn
Meaning
heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:颗,个
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 心 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph

A heart

A drawing of the thing it names.

How to write 心 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 心

Common words using 心 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhōng中xīn心
HSK 2

center; heart; core

Open 中心 page →
yī一xīn心
HSK 7-9

wholeheartedly; heart and soul

Open 一心 page →
yī一bù不xiǎo小xīn心
HSK 7-9

to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally

Open 一不小心 page →
yī一xīn心yī一yì意
HSK 7-9

concentrating one's thoughts and efforts

Open 一心一意 page →
xià下jué决xīn心
HSK 7-9

to determine

Open 下决心 page →
shàng上xīn心

carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth

Open 上心 page →
yī一xīn心yī一dé德

of one heart and one mind (idiom)

Open 一心一德 page →
yī一jiàn见qīng倾xīn心

love at first sight

Open 一见倾心 page →

Related characters

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万且业为主举久乐

From 心’s common words

中一不小意下决上

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