Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/心-xīn

心 (xīn)

Today, we will learn the Chinese character 心 (xīn) which means "heart".

As a radical

As a radical inside a character, it can be written:

• at the bottom of the character as in 想 (xiǎng), 忘 (wàng) and 怒 (nù)
• or on the left side of the character like this: 忄as in 快 (kuài), 忆 (yì) and 怕 (pà).

The radical 心 is often present in characters relating to emotions and ‘heart’ related words.

At the bottom

• 忘 (wàng) : to forget
• 怒 (nù) : anger
• 愁 (chóu) : to worry about
• 您 (nín) : polite form of ‘you’

On the left

• 怕 (pà) : to be afraid
• 快 (kuài) : quick

As a character

Here are some words with the 心 character:

• 愛心／爱心 (ài xīn) : to love
• 開心／开心 (kāi xīn) : to feel happy
• 小心 (xiǎo xīn) : to be careful
• 擔心／担心 (dān xīn) : anxious, worried
• 開心／关心 (guān xīn) : to be concerned about

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