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Animated Stroke Order 心

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How to write 心 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 心

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3.

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4.

How to Use 心

Suffix for Emotions, Attitudes, and States of Mind

心 is added to verbs or adjectives to form nouns or adjectives describing emotions, attitudes, or mental states.

担心 • dān xīn • worry • HSK 3

HSK 3

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 心

关心 • guān xīn • care about

HSK 3

guān关

xīn

6.

Example Sentences

jīn今

tiān天

wǒ我

de的

xīn心

qíng情

hěn

Information

Pinyinxīn

Meaningheart; mind; core

Strokes4

Radical心

Traditional心

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#470

Zhuyinㄒㄧㄣ

UnicodeU+5FC3

CangjieP

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dān担

xīn心

worry

放心 • fàng xīn • relax; feel relieved • HSK 3

HSK 3

fàng放

xīn心

relax; feel relieved

耐心 • nài xīn • patient • HSK 4

HSK 4

nài耐

xīn心

patient

心

care about

小心 • xiǎo xīn • take care

HSK 3

xiǎo小

xīn心

take care

开心 • kāi xīn • pleased; happy

HSK 4

kāi开

xīn心

pleased; happy

心里 • xīn li • chest

HSK 3.0 · L3

xīn心

li里

chest

伤心 • shāng xīn • sad

HSK 4

shāng伤

xīn心

sad

信心 • xìn xīn • confidence

HSK 4

xìn信

xīn心

confidence

很

hǎo好

。

My mood is very good today.

Tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

xiāo消

xi息

，

wǒ我

de的

xīn心

tiào跳

de得

hěn很

kuài快

。

Hearing this news, my heart is beating very fast.

Wǒ我

men们

zhǎo找

gè个

shí时

jiān间

tán谈

tán谈

xīn心

。

Let's find some time to have a heart-to-heart talk.

fù父

mǔ母

zǒng总

shì是

guān关

xīn心

hái孩

zi子

de的

chéng成

zhǎng长

。

Parents always care about their children's growth.

Zhè这

chǎng场

jīng经

lì历

ràng让

tā他

de的

xīn心

zhì智

biàn变

dé得

gèng更

jiā加

jiān坚

qiáng强

。

This experience made his mind stronger.

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按ànto press down; to push
棒bàngstick; staff; excellent
抱bàoto hold
背bèiback
倍bèitimes; double; twice as much
笨bènstupid

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "xin".

忻xīndelightful, joyful, pleasant
薪xīnfirewood, fuel
锌xīnzinc
昕xīndawn; early morning
信xìntrust, believe, sincerity
衅xìnblood sacrifice; omen; quarrel

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "心".

忒tèexcessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable
恙yàngillness, sickness; indisposition
息xīto rest, to cease, breath
愿yuànto wish, desire, or hope
忿fènget angry; fury, exasperation
怂sǒngto instigate; to incite

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