IDENTITY
心xīnheart; mind; feeling
HSK 2Top 26
CORE MEANING
heart; mind; feeling
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.heartHSK2
- 2.mind; feelingHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 心heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- 心
USAGE
Common words
小心xiǎoxīncareful
开心kāixīnhappy
担心dānxīnto worry
Graded examples
今天我很开心。Jīntiān wǒ hěn kāixīn.HSK2
I am very happy today.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 必
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A heart with drops of blood — the seat of feeling.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #26
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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