heart

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.

• 快kuài🔊

  rapid

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 忘wàng🔊

  to forget

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 忍rěn🔊

  to bear

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 怀huái🔊

  bosom

  7 strokes

• 忒tè🔊

  to err

  7 strokes

• 忌jì🔊

  to be jealous of

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 志zhì🔊

  sign

  7 strokes

• 忐tǎn🔊

  used in 忐忑[tan3 te4]

  7 strokes

• 忑tè🔊

  used in 忐忑[tan3 te4]

  7 strokes

• 忡chōng🔊

  grieved

  7 strokes

• 忤wǔ🔊

  disobedient

  7 strokes

• 忧yōu🔊

  to worry

  7 strokes

• 忪sōng🔊

  used in 惺忪[xing1 song1]

  7 strokes

• 忬yù🔊

  old variant of 豫[yu4]

  7 strokes

• 忭biàn🔊

  (literary) happy; delighted

  7 strokes

• 忮zhì🔊

  (literary) (bound form) jealous

  7 strokes

• 忱chén🔊

  sincerity

  7 strokes

• 忲tài🔊

  variant of 忕[tai4]

  7 strokes

• 忸niǔ🔊

  used in 忸怩[niu3 ni2]

  7 strokes

• 忺xiān🔊

  (literary) to want; to desire

  7 strokes

• 忻xīn🔊

  happy

  7 strokes

• 忾kài🔊

  anger

  7 strokes

• 怃wǔ🔊

  (literary) to have tender affection for

  7 strokes

• 怄òu🔊

  to annoy

  7 strokes

• 怅chàng🔊

  regretful; upset; despairing; depressed

  7 strokes

• 怆chuàng🔊

  mournful

  7 strokes

• 怕pà🔊

  to be afraid

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 怪guài🔊

  bewildering

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 性xìng🔊

  nature

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 念niàn🔊

  variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 忠zhōng🔊

  loyal; devoted; faithful

  8 strokes

• 忽hū🔊

  to neglect

  8 strokes

• 怜lián🔊

  to pity

  8 strokes

• 怂sǒng🔊

  used in 慫恿|怂恿[song3 yong3]

  8 strokes

• 㤅ài🔊

  old variant of 愛|爱[ai4]

  8 strokes

• 㤘zhòu🔊

  (dialect) stubborn

  8 strokes

• 忝tiǎn🔊

  to shame

  8 strokes

• 忞mín🔊

  to encourage oneself

  8 strokes

• 忿fèn🔊

  anger

  8 strokes

• 态tài🔊

  (bound form)

  8 strokes

• 怊chāo🔊

  (literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated

  8 strokes

• 怍zuò🔊

  ashamed

  8 strokes

• 怏yàng🔊

  discontented

  8 strokes

• 怐kòu🔊

  used in 怐愗[kou4 mao4]

  8 strokes

• 怔zhēng🔊

  (bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken

  8 strokes

• 怖bù🔊

  terror

  8 strokes

• 怗tiē🔊

  peaceful

  8 strokes

• 怙hù🔊

  to rely on

  8 strokes