xīn
heart
Pictograph of a human's heart.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 93 characters (42 verified)
想 意 應 应 感 惪 思 怎 愛 念 態 态 志 愬 愿 急 您 恶 惡 恩 恐 忽 慾 忘 忍 悲 慶 悉 憂 恋 戀 憲 惠 惑 怨 悬 懸 愚 惹 愆 㥯 寍 怒 患 愈 忠 憑 慈 慧 慰 惩 懲 悶 闷 忌 悠 愁 恥 恳 懇 恕 慼 芯 憊 怠 憋 忒 忿 慫 怂 憨 恙 恿 恚 恣 忐 忑 懋 憩 懑 懣 懟 怼 恁 愍 戆 戇 悫 慝 恧 憝 恝 忞
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*səm | sim | xīn | heart |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 99.7117% of movies
89th most common character in movies
90th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5FC3 |
Shuowen | “心,人心。土藏,在身之中。象形。博士說以為火藏。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.787
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