核 hé
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
核心
héxīn
core
Characters in this word
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这项改革的核心在于把资源真正分配到基层。 Zhè xiàng gǎigé de héxīn zàiyú bǎ zīyuán zhēnzhèng fēnpèi dào jīcéng. The core of this reform lies in genuinely allocating resources to the grassroots level.
- 这家公司的核心技术是自己研发的。 Zhè jiā gōngsī de héxīn jìshù shì zìjǐ yánfā de. This company's core technology was developed in-house.
- 他是球队的核心，大家都听他的安排。 Tā shì qiúduì de héxīn, dàjiā dōu tīng tā de ānpái. He is the core of the team, and everyone follows his lead.
Related words
- 考核 kǎohé assessment
- 核 hé nucleus; nuclear
- 核查 héchá to verify; to investigate; to check
- 核电站 hédiànzhàn nuclear power plant
- 核对 héduì to check against; to verify by comparison
- 核能 hénéng nuclear energy
- 核实 héshí to verify; to check
- 核桃 hétao walnut
- 核武器 héwǔqì nuclear weapon
- 审核 shěnhé to review; to verify
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about