核心

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (核心)		核	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ sam¹, wat⁶ sam¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): heh⁵ xing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-sim / he̍k-sim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ sim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hésin
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hsin¹
    • Yale: hé-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershin
    • Palladius: хэсинь (xɛsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶ sam¹, wat⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: haht sām, waht sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ sam¹, wat⁹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ sem¹, wed⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: heh⁵ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəʔ⁵⁴ ɕĩŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudsym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² sim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-sim
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hegsym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêg⁴ sim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek sim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sim³³/

Noun

核心

1. core; centre; the most important part
2. nucleus; kernel

Synonyms

• (centre): 當心／当心 (dāngxīn), 當中／当中 (dāngzhōng), 中央 (zhōngyāng), 中心 (zhōngxīn)

Adjective

核心

1. centrally important; core; key

   核心業務／核心业务  ―  héxīn yèwù  ―  core business

   核心競爭力／核心竞争力  ―  héxīn jìngzhēnglì  ―  core competitiveness

   核心思想  ―  héxīn sīxiǎng  ―  core concepts

   核心優勢／核心优势  ―  héxīn yōushì  ―  core strengths

   核心要素  ―  héxīn yàosù  ―  key factor

Derived terms

• 核心家庭 (héxīn jiātíng)
• 核心期刊 (héxīn qīkān)
• 核心肌群 (héxīn jīqún)
• 社會主義核心價值觀／社会主义核心价值观 (shèhuì zhǔyì héxīn jiàzhíguān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	心
かく Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 核 (kaku, “nucleus”) + 心 (shin, “central part”).

Noun

核(かく)心(しん) • (kakushin) 

1. core, heart

   ニュースの核心(かくしん)に迫(せま)る

   nyūsu no kakushin ni semaru

   get to the crux of the news

Korean

Hanja in this term
核	心

Noun

核心 • (haeksim) (hangeul 핵심)

1. Hanja form^? of 핵심.