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.

• 怚jù🔊

  dull, stupid, suspicious

  8 strokes

• 怛dá🔊

  distressed

  8 strokes

• 怞zhòu🔊

  to grieve

  8 strokes

• 怡yí🔊

  harmony

  8 strokes

• 怦pēng🔊

  (onom.) the thumping of one's heart

  8 strokes

• 怩ní🔊

  used in 忸怩[niu3 ni2]

  8 strokes

• 怫fú🔊

  anxious

  8 strokes

• 怭bì🔊

  frivolous

  8 strokes

• 怯qiè🔊

  timid

  8 strokes

• 怲bǐng🔊

  sad

  8 strokes

• 怵chù🔊

  fearful

  8 strokes

• 怿yì🔊

  pleased

  8 strokes

• 总zǒng🔊

  (bound form) general; overall

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 恨hèn🔊

  to hate

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 怎zěn🔊

  how

  9 strokes

• 急jí🔊

  urgent

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 恢huī🔊

  to restore

  9 strokes

• 思sī🔊

  to think

  9 strokes

• 怒nù🔊

  anger

  9 strokes

• 怨yuàn🔊

  to blame

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 恰qià🔊

  exactly

  9 strokes

• 恃shì🔊

  (bound form) to rely on

  9 strokes

• 怠dài🔊

  idle

  9 strokes

• 怸xī🔊

  obscure variant of 悉[xi1]

  9 strokes

• 怹tān🔊

  he

  9 strokes

• 怼duì🔊

  dislike

  9 strokes

• 恂xún🔊

  sincere

  9 strokes

• 恒héng🔊

  permanent

  9 strokes

• 恇kuāng🔊

  to fear

  9 strokes

• 恉zhǐ🔊

  purport

  9 strokes

• 恌tiāo🔊

  frivolous

  9 strokes

• 恍huǎng🔊

  variant of 恍[huang3]

  9 strokes

• 恓xī🔊

  troubled

  9 strokes

• 恔xiào🔊

  cheerful

  9 strokes

• 恘qiū🔊

  meaning uncertain, related to 戾[li4], to violate

  9 strokes

• 恛huí🔊

  disordered

  9 strokes

• 恞yí🔊

  happy

  9 strokes

• 恟xiōng🔊

  scared, nervous

  9 strokes

• 恤xù🔊

  variant of 恤[xu4]

  9 strokes

• 恪kè🔊

  variant of 恪[ke4]

  9 strokes

• 恫dòng🔊

  frighten

  9 strokes

• 恬tián🔊

  quiet

  9 strokes

• 恸tòng🔊

  grief

  9 strokes

• 恹yān🔊

  used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1 yan1]

  9 strokes

• 恺kǎi🔊

  joyful

  9 strokes

• 恻cè🔊

  sorrowful

  9 strokes

• 恼nǎo🔊

  to get angry

  9 strokes

• 恽Yùn🔊

  surname Yun

  9 strokes