A kanji
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 2 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 157 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
シン
Kun'yomi
こころ、-ごころ
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 心 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 心 33 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 4 words
JLPT N3 · 7 words
JLPT N2 · 5 words
JLPT N1 · 17 words
- 心得こころえknowledge, information
- 肝心かんじんessential, fundamental, crucial
- 心地ここちfeeling, sensation, mood
- 心中しんじゅうdouble suicide
- 良心りょうしんconscience
- 心掛けるこころがけるto bear in mind, to aim to do
- 心情しんじょうmentality
- 心細いこころぼそいhelpless, hopeless, discouraging
- 心掛けこころがけreadiness, intention, aim
- 心強いこころづよいheartening, reassuring
- 内心ないしんinnermost thoughts, real intention, inmost heart
- 一心いっしんone mind, with rapt attention
- 自尊心じそんしんself-respect, conceit
- 下心したごころsecret intention, motive
- ～心～しんmind of ~
- 真心まごころsincerity, devotion
- 野心やしんambition, aspiration
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 心.
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