心 (xīn) · heart

心 (xīn) means “heart”. It is a single picture-like unit with 4 strokes, and is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 心 into its parts

What 心 is made of

心 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.

Origin hint: A heart (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

心 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 心

• 放心fàngxīnto be at ease
• 关心guānxīnto care about
• 开心kāixīnhappy
• 小心xiǎoxīnto be careful
• 心里xīnliin one's heart
• 心情xīnqíngmood
• 心中xīnzhōngin one's heart
• 信心xìnxīnconfidence
• 中心zhōngxīncenter
• 爱心àixīnlove
• 决心juéxīndetermination
• 内心nèixīnheart
• 伤心shāngxīnsad
• 粗心cūxīncareless
• 担心dānxīnto worry
• 恶心ěxīnto feel sick
• 热心rèxīnwarm-hearted
• 心理xīnlǐpsychology
• 专心zhuānxīnto concentrate
• 耐心nàixīnpatient
• 操心cāoxīnto worry about
• 当心dāngxīnto be careful
• 点心diǎnxinsnack
• 核心héxīncore
• 灰心huīxīnto lose heart
• 心脏xīnzàngheart (organ)
• 虚心xūxīnopen-minded
• 称心如意chènxīnrúyìjust as one wishes
• 成心chéngxīnon purpose
• 狠心hěnxīnto harden one's heart
• 精心jīngxīncarefully
• 良心liángxīnconscience
• 齐心协力qíxīnxiélìto work together with one heart
• 小心翼翼xiǎoxīnyìyìvery carefully
• 心得xīndéwhat one has learned
• 心甘情愿xīngānqíngyuànwillingly
• 心灵xīnlíngheart
• 心态xīntàiattitude
• 心疼xīnténgto love dearly
• 心血xīnxuèpainstaking effort
• 心眼儿xīnyǎnrintention
• 野心yěxīnambition
• 衷心zhōngxīnheartfelt
• 重心zhòngxīncentre of gravity
• 细心xìxīncareful

Quick facts

Questions about 心