心
See also: 必
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TranslingualEdit
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Alternative formsEdit
Han characterEdit
心 (radical 61, 心+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心 (P), four-corner 33000, composition ⿲丿⿺乚丶丶)
- Kangxi radical #61, ⼼.
Usage notesEdit
When written as a bottom radical, it is similar to 灬 but is distinguished by the second stroke from the left being longer, passing under the third stroke – this is an important composition detail.
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 375, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10295
- Dae Jaweon: page 700, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2267, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5FC3
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 沁 | *sʰlɯms |
| 吣 | *sʰlɯms |
| 心 | *slɯm |
| 杺 | *slɯm |
| 伈 | *slɯmʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a heart, now highly stylized.
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s(j)am-s.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
心
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 心
DescendantsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
心
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)
- Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)←しん (sin, historical)←しむ (simu, ancient)
- Kun: こころ (kokoro, 心, Jōyō)
- Nanori: うち (uchi); きよ (kiyo); ご (go); ごり (gori); さね (sane); なか (naka); まこと (makoto); み (mi); むね (mune); もと (moto)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 心意 (shin'i, “mind”)
- 心音 (shin'on, “heartbeat”)
- 心肝 (shinkan, “heart”)
- 心眼 (shingan, “mind's eye”)
- 心願 (shingan, “prayer”)
- 心機 (shinki, “attitude”)
- 心機一転 (shinki itten, “change of attitude”)
- 心気 (shinki, “mentality, mood”)
- 心外 (shingai, “wholly unexpected”)
- 心境 (shinkyō, “mental state”)
- 心筋 (shinkin, “heart muscle”)
- 心情 (shinjō, “sentiment, emotions”)
- 心神耗弱 (shinshin-mōjaku, “mental retardation”)
- 心身 (shinshin, “mind and body”)
- 心酔 (shinsui, “adoration”)
- 心臓 (shinzō, “heart”)
- 心臓病 (shinzōbyō, “heart trouble”)
- 心中 (shinjū, “lovers suicide”)
- 心中 (shinchū, “true motives”)
- 心不全 (shinfuzen, “heart failure”)
- 心労 (shinrō, “anxiety, worry”)
- 心理 (shinri, “mentality”)
- 心理学 (shinrigaku, “psychology”)
- 心電図 (shindenzu, “electrocardiogram”)
- 安心 (anshin, “relief, peace of mind”)
- 以心伝心 (ishindenshin, “empathy”)
- 一心 (isshin, “wholeheartedness”)
- 遠心 (enshin)
- 会心 (kaishin, “congeniality”)
- 外心 (gaishin, “outer center”)
- 核心 (kakushin, “kernel, core”)
- 感心 (kanshin, “admiration”)
- 肝心 (kanjin, “essential, fundamental”)
- 関心 (kanshin, “concern, interest”)
- 求心 (kyūshin)
- 虚栄心 (kyoeishin, “vanity”)
- 虚心 (kyoshin, “impartiality”)
- 狭心症 (kyōshinshō, “heart attack”)
- 疑心 (gishin, “doubt, suspicion”)
- 苦心 (kushin, “pain, anxiety”)
- 決心 (kesshin, “determination”)
- 決心する (kesshin suru, “decide”)
- 好奇心 (kōkishin, “curiosity”)
- 孝心 (kōshin, “filial devotion”)
- 細心 (saishin, “careful; discreet”)
- 脂肪心 (shibōshin, “fatty heart”)
- 初心 (shoshin, “original intention”)
- 重心 (jūshin, “center of gravity”)
- 人心 (jinshin, “human nature”)
- 衷心 (chūshin, “innermost feelings”)
- 中心 (chūshin, “center, middle”)
- 都心 (toshin, “city center”)
- 童心 (dōshin, “child's mind”)
- 内心 (naishin, “innermost thoughts”)
- 熱心 (nesshin, “zeal, enthusiasm”)
- 腹心 (fukushin, “trusted friend”)
- 腐心 (fushin, “taking pains to”)
- 本心 (honshin, “true feelings”)
- 無関心 (mukanshin, “apathetic”)
- 無心 (mushin, “innocence”)
- 野心 (yashin, “ambition, aspiration”)
- 用心, 要心 (yōjin, “care, precaution”)
- 良心 (ryōshin, “conscience”)
- 炉心 (roshin, “nuclear reactor core”)
- 心地 (kokochi)
- 心太 (tokoroten)
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 心 |
| こころ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
⟨ko2ko2ro2⟩ → */kəkərə/ → /kokoro/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəkərə. Cognate with Okinawan 心 (kukuru).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
心 (hiragana こころ, rōmaji kokoro)
- mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas
- 心の底から
- kokoro no soko kara
- from the bottom of one's heart
- 人の心を奪う
- hito no kokoro o ubau
- to steal someone's heart; to captivate someone
- 2007 March 16, CLAMP, “
Chapitre .134唯 一 の存 在 [Chapitre.134 The Only One]”, in ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE], volume 18 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 31–32:- ‥‥それでも行きます 小狼君の心を取り戻す為に
- ‥‥Sore demo ikimasu Shaoran-kun no kokoro o torimodosu tame ni
- ‥‥Even so, I will go on, to get back Xiaolang-kun’s heart
- ‥‥それでも行きます 小狼君の心を取り戻す為に
- 心の底から
- attention, mind, interest
- heart, feelings, emotion, emotional state
- wholeheartedness, sincerity, true heart
- sympathy, heart, consideration, generous disposition
- meaning, essence; answer (as to a riddle)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
- 心心, 心々 (kokoro-gokoro)
- 心から (kokoro kara, “heart and soul”)
- 心当たり (kokoroatari, “having some knowledge of”)
- 心意気 (kokoroiki, “spirit, disposition”)
- 心得る (kokoroeru, “be informed”)
- 心掛ける (kokorogakeru, “bear in mind”)
- 心構え (kokorogamae, “preparedness”)
- 心変わり (kokorogawari, “inconstancy”)
- 志す (kokorozasu, “aspire, plan”)
- 心遣い (kokorozukai, “solicitude, anxiety”)
- 心尽し, 心尽くし (kokorozukushi, “kindness, consideration”)
- 心付け (kokorozuke, “gratuity”)
- 心強い (kokorozuyoi, “heartening”)
- 心残り (kokoronokori, “reluctance”)
- 心細い (kokorobosoi, “helpless, forlorn”)
- 心待ち (kokoromachi, “anticipation”)
- 試みる (kokoromiru, “try”)
- 心持, 心持ち (kokoromochi, “feeling, mood”)
- 心許ない (kokoro-motonai, “uneasy, unsure”)
- 心行く (kokoroyuku)
- 快い, 心良い (kokoroyoi, “pleasant”)
- 心を動かす (kokoro o ugokasu, “impress”)
- 心を配る (kokoro o kubaru, “give attention”)
- 漢心 (Kara-gokoro)
- 気心 (kigokoro, “temper, disposition”)
- 恋心 (koigokoro, “awakening of love”)
- 子供心 (kodomo-gokoro, “childlike mind”)
- 静心 (shizugokoro)
- 掌 (tanagokoro, “palm”)
- 真心 (magokoro, “sincerity”)
- 物心 (monogokoro, “judgment”)
- 大和心 (Yamato-gokoro, “Japanese spirit”)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 心 |
| うら Grade: 2 |
| Irregular |
Cognate with 裏 (ura, “inside”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Etymology 3Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 心 |
| しん Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi |
/siːm/ → /simʉ/ → /ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/
From Middle Chinese 心 (MC siɪm).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- heart, mind, core; spirit, vitality; inner strength, marrow
- core (as of a fruit); wick; lead (as of a pencil); padding
Derived termsEdit
- 心から (shin kara, “heart and soul”)
- 心配 (shinpai, “worry, concern”)
- 汎心論 (hanshinron, “panpsychism”)
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- ^ Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in ja), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.