Heart in Chinese (Mandarin): 心 (xīn)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 心

• 心

  Heart. It began as a drawing of the heart.

  4 strokes

First tone. 心 is in many feeling words: 开心 (kāixīn) is happy and 小心 (xiǎoxīn) is be careful.

More examples with 心

• 我画了一颗心。

  我畫了一顆心。

  Wǒ huà le yì kē xīn.

  I drew a heart.

• 我用心听。

  我用心聽。

  Wǒ yòng xīn tīng.

  I listen carefully.

How to write 心 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.