心 heart, mind, spirit

こころ kokoro

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Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

A heart, now highly stylized.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides. It is the core of human emotion and consciousness.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Relates to emotions, psychological states, thoughts, feelings, or the deep inner spirit of a person

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What it grows into

Built from 心, with sourced origins

意ideaイ
心 becomes 意
Modern form is a compound of 音 and 心 (“heart”). However, the top component is etymologically unrelated to 音.
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念wishネン
亼 + 心
Zhang (2021): Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亼 (“upside-down mouth”) + 心 (“heart”): to listen to one's heart. Original character for 念 (“to think”).
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慶jubilationケイ · よろこび
廌 + 心
In oracle bone inscriptions Ideogrammic compound (會意): 廌 (“antelope”) + 心. The component 心 signified goodness, blessings and auspiciousness.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

一覧

Every kanji with 心 as its radical

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