心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
心脏
xīnzàng
heart
Characters in this word
脏 zāng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 庄 village, hamlet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期缺乏运动会增加心脏负担，也会影响整体健康。 Chángqī quēfá yùndòng huì zēngjiā xīnzàng fùdān, yě huì yǐngxiǎng zhěngtǐ jiànkāng. A long-term lack of exercise can increase the burden on the heart and affect overall health.
- 医生把听诊器放在病人胸口，仔细听心脏的声音。 Yīshēng bǎ tīngzhěnqì fàng zài bìngrén xiōngkǒu, zǐxì tīng xīnzàng de shēngyīn. The doctor put the stethoscope on the patient's chest and listened carefully to the heart.
- 跑得太快的时候，我的心脏跳得特别厉害。 Pǎo de tài kuài de shíhou, wǒ de xīnzàng tiào de tèbié lìhai. When I run too fast, my heart pounds really hard.
Related words
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 小心 xiǎoxīn careful
- 心里 xīnli in one's heart; in one's mind
- 心情 xīnqíng mood
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 信心 xìnxīn confidence
- 中心 zhōngxīn center
- 爱心 àixīn kindness; caring love
- 决心 juéxīn determination
- 内心 nèixīn inner heart; inside