Chinese Character Wiki
心

xīn

heart

Depicts a heart.

Evolution

心 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
心 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
心 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
心 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
心 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

心  

xīn

heart; mind, intelligence; soul; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]

Most common words with 心
Freq.
Word
Meaning

心

heart

担心

anxious

中心

center

开心

to feel happy

小心

to be careful

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

憲 芯 沁 吣

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

悤 怱

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

应 虑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*səm

sim

xīn

heart


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 99.7117% of movies

89th most common character in movies

90th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5FC3

Shuowen

“心，人心。土藏，在身之中。象形。博士說以為火藏。”


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