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心
Mandarin · pinyin xīn
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- 心
- xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
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Mandarin tones
1 · xin1
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Cantonese word readings for 心. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)
- chest; breast; epigastrium; stomach
- mind; intellect; the seat of thought
- thought; idea; feeling; emotion
- intention; will; purpose; aspiration
- disposition; nature; temperament; character
- care; concern; attention
- center; middle; interior; core; essence; crux
- (botany) the bud, shoot, pistil, thorn or tip of a plant
- filling; stuffing (of a bun, dumpling, etc.)
- (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Heart (the fifth of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon and one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
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