Radical 61

心
心
心 (U 5FC3) "heart"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	xīn
Bopomofo:	ㄒㄧㄣ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	shin
Wade–Giles:	hsin1
Cantonese Yale:	sām
Jyutping:	sam1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	sim
Japanese Kana:	シン shin (on'yomi); こころ kokoro (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	심 shim
Names
Chinese name(s):	(忄) 豎心旁/竖心旁 shùxīnpáng; (Bottom/⺗) 心字底 xīnzìdǐ; (⺗) 豎心底/竖心底 shùxīndǐ
Japanese name(s):	心 kokoro ; (忄) 立心偏/りっしんべん risshinben; (Bottom/㣺) 下心/したごころ shitagokoro
Hangul:	마음 maeum; (忄) 심방변/心傍邊 simbangbyeon
Stroke order animation

Radical 61 or radical heart (心部) meaning 'heart' or 'heart/mind' is one of 34 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 4 strokes.

When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, the radical transforms into 忄, which consists of three strokes. When appearing at the bottom, it sometimes transforms into ⺗.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1,115 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

心 is also the 98th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, 忄 and ⺗, are affiliated to the principal indexing component 心.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
0	心忄
1	必忆^SC (=憶)
2	忇忈 (=仁 -> 人) 忉忊
3	忋忌忍忎忏忐忑忒忓忔忕忖志忘忙忚忛応^JP (=應)
4	忝忞忟忠忡忢忣忤忥忦忧^SC (=憂) 忨忩忪快忬忭忮忯忰 (=悴) 忱忲忳忴念忶忷忸忹忺忻忼忽忾忿怀^SC (=懷) 态^SC (=態) 怂^SC (=慫) 怃^SC (=憮) 怄^SC (=慪) 怅^SC (=悵) 怆^SC (=愴)
5	怇怈怉怊怋怌怍怎怏怐怑怒怓怔怕怖怗怘怙怚怛怜思怞怟怠怡怢怣怤急怦性怨怩怪怫怬怭怮怯怰怱怲怳 (=恍) 怴怵怶怷怸怹怺总^SC (=總 -> 糸) 怼^SC (=懟) 怽怾怿^SC (=懌)
6	恀恁恂恃恄恅恆恇恈恉恊恋^SC/恋^JP (=戀) 恌恍恎恏恐恑恒^{SC/JP/variant} (=恆) 恓恔恕恖恗恘恙恚恛恜恝恞恟恠恡 (=吝 -> 口) 恢恣恤恥恦恧恨恩恪恫恬恭恮息恰恱 (=悅) 恲恳^SC (=懇) 恴 (=德 -> 彳) 恵^JP (=惠) 恶^SC (=惡) 恷 (=恘) 恸^SC (=慟) 恹^SC (=懨) 恺^SC (=愷) 恻^SC (=惻) 恼^SC (=惱) 恽^SC (=惲) 悔^JP
7	恾恿悀悁悂悃悄悅悆悇悈悉悊悋悌悍悎悏悐悑悒悓悔^SC/TC/KO 悕悖悗悘悙悚悛悜悝悞悟悠悡悢患悤悥悦^SC/HK/JP (=悅) 悧您悩^JP (=惱) 悪^JP (=惡) 悫^SC (=愨) 悬^SC (=懸) 悭^SC (=慳) 悮^SC (=悞) 悯^SC (=憫)
8	悰悱悲悳 (=德 -> 彳) 悴悵悶悷悸悹悺悻悼悽悾悿惀惁惂惃惄情惆惇惈惉惊^SC (=驚 -> 馬) 惋惌惍惎惏惐惑惒惓惔惕惖 (=惕) 惗惘惙惚惛惜惝惞惟惠惡惢惣惤惥惦惧^{SC/JP/variant} (=懼) 惨^SC (=慘) 惩^SC (=懲) 惪 (=德 -> 彳) 惫^SC (=憊) 惬^SC (=愜) 惭^SC (=慚) 惮^SC (=憚) 惯^SC (=慣) 惹^{SC variant} 愥^{SC variant}
9	惰惱惲想惴惵惶惷惸惹^{TC variant} 惺惻惼惽 (=惛) 惾惿愀愁愂愃愄愅愆愇愈愉愊愋愌愍愎意愐愑愒愓愔愕愖愗愘愙愚愛愜愝愞感愠^SC (=慍) 愡愢愣愤^SC (=憤) 愥^{TC variant} 愦^SC (=憒) 慨愧^{SC variant} 慅^{SC variant} 愲^{SC variant} 愺^{SC variant} 慌^{SC/JP variant}
10	愧^{TC variant} 愨愩愪愫愬愭愮愯愰愱愲^{TC variant} 愳愴愵愶愷愸愹愺^{TC variant} 愻愼^Kangxi (=慎) 愽愾愿 (also SC form of 願 -> 頁) 慀慁慂慃慄慅^{TC variant} 慆慇慈慉慊態慌^{TC variant} 慍慎^SC/TC/慎^JP 慏慐慕^SC/JP 慔^{SC variant} 慑^SC (=懾) 慥^{SC variant} 慩^{SC variant}
11	慕^TC 慒慓慔^{TC variant} 慕慖慗慘慙慚慛慜慝慞慟慠慡慢慣慤 (=愨) 慥^{TC variant} 慦慧慩^{TC variant} 慪慫慬慭^SC (=憖) 慮慯慰慱慲慳慴慵慶慷慸慹慺慻慼慽慾慿 (=憑) 憀憁憃憄憅 (=慟) 憆憇憈^{SC variant} 憎^JP 憨^{SC variant}
12	憎^SC/TC 憂憈^{TC variant} 憉憊憋憌憍憏憐憑憒憓憔憕憖憗憘憙憚憛憜憝憞憟憠憡憢憣憥憦憧憨^{TC variant} 憩憪憫憬憭憮憯憰憱憲憳憤^{SC/JP variant} 憼^{SC variant} 憽^{SC variant} 懂^{SC variant} 懊^{SC variant}
13	憤^{TC variant} 憴憵憶憷憸憹憺憻憼^{TC variant} 憽^{TC variant} 憾憿懀懁懂^{TC variant} 懃懄懅懆懇懈應懊^{TC variant} 懋懌懍懎懏懐^JP (=懷) 懑^SC (=懣) 懒^SC (=懶) 懓懔^SC/variant (=懍) 懕懖懜^{SC variant} 懞^{SC variant}
14	懗懘懙懚懛懜^{TC variant} 懝懞^{TC variant} 懟懠懡懢懣懤懥懦懧懨懩懪懫懬^{GB TC variant} 懭^{GB TC variant} 懮懯懰懱懲^JP
15	懬^{Traditional variant} 懭^{Traditional variant} 懲^SC/TC 懳懴 (=懺)
16	懵懶懷懸
17	懹懺懻懽^{GB TC variant}
18	懼懽^{Traditional variant} (=歡 -> 欠) 懾懿
19	戀戁戂
20	戃戄
21	戅 (=戇) 戆^SC (=戇)
24	戇

Sinogram

As a single radical the Chinese character means heart. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a second grade kanji.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

[:0-1] "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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