Kanji1 / 4
心 kanji
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シン
Kun readings
こころ-ごころ
Variant forms
忄Words with 心
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —被虐心masochism
- —服従心submissiveness; obedience
- —心スポlocation where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
- —青心社Seinshinsha (publisher)
- —揚心流Yoshin-ryu (school of martial arts)
- —反発心rebellious spirit; feeling of defiance; rebellious attitude
- —安心立命spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
- —以心伝心telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
- —意馬心猿it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
- —一意専心single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; with one's heart and soul
- —一心同体being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
- —一心不乱wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
- —遠心分離centrifugation; centrifugal separation
- —疑心暗鬼suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
- —虚心坦懐with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
- —合意心中double suicide
- —自己中心selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
- —集団心理mass psychology
- —小心翼々very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted
- —信心深いdeeply religious; devout; godly; faithful