heart
xīn (xin1)
Radical no. 61 · 4 strokes (第 61 部首 · 4 画 dì 61 bùshǒu · 4 huà)
Radical ⼼ (xīn) — meaning: heart, 4 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
The heart radical (⼼) originates from a pictograph of the human heart organ. In oracle-bone and seal script, it was depicted as an elongated shape with internal dots or strokes to represent the chambers and vessels of the heart.
Mnemonic: The three-sided shape of the heart stroke resembles a heart with chambers inside.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
185 characters- 憬jǐng
awaken
15 strokes
- 憭liǎo
clear
15 strokes
- 怃wǔ
(literary) to have tender affection for
15 strokes
- 憯cǎn
already
15 strokes
- 懊ào
to regret
15 strokes
- 凭píng
variant of 憑|凭[ping2]
HSK 516 strokes
- 蒙méng
to cover
HSK 616 strokes
- 懒lǎn
variant of 懶|懒[lan3]
HSK 616 strokes
- 憩qì
variant of 憩[qi4]
16 strokes
- 惫bèi
exhausted
16 strokes
- 憙xǐ
variant of 喜[xi3]
16 strokes
- 憝duì
dislike
16 strokes
- 宪xiàn
statute
16 strokes
- 忆yì
to recollect
16 strokes
- 憷chù
to be afraid
16 strokes
- 𢙐náo
used in 懊憹|懊𢙐[ao4 nao2]
16 strokes
- 憺dàn
peace
16 strokes
- 憾hàn
regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
16 strokes
- 懅qú
bashful
16 strokes
- 懆cǎo
anxious
16 strokes
- 懈xiè
lax
16 strokes
- 怿yì
pleased
16 strokes
- 懔lǐn
fear
16 strokes
- 应yīng
to agree (to do sth)
HSK 417 strokes
- 恳kěn
earnest
17 strokes
- 懋mào
to be hardworking
17 strokes
- 懑mèn
melancholy
17 strokes
- 㤽chóu
used in 懤懤|㤽㤽[chou2 chou2]
17 strokes
- 懥zhì
enraged
17 strokes
- 懦nuò
(bound form) cowardly; faint-hearted
17 strokes
- 恹yān
used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1 yan1]
17 strokes
- 懱miè
variant of 蔑[mie4]
17 strokes
- 懵měng
stupid
18 strokes
- 怼duì
dislike
18 strokes
- 懮yǒu
grievous
18 strokes
- 怀huái
bosom
19 strokes
- 忏chàn
(bound form) to feel remorse
20 strokes
- 懿yì
(literary) exemplary; virtuous
22 strokes
- 恋liàn
to feel attached to
23 strokes
- 戄jué
to fear
23 strokes
- 戆gàng
stupid (Wu dialect)
25 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.