心

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

心 = 乚 + 丶 : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.

心 character breakdown

心
- 丶
- 乚

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

乚

yà = y + a4

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a shovel (乚).

Remember it by imagining Maud Younger (y) digging her own grave with a shovel in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 心 as component

惭

慙

cán = c + an2

variant of 慚|惭[can2]

惭 = 忄 + 斩 : The King of Chu (c) just entered the anthill (an2) and is very ashamed (惭). He got his flail (忄) stuck in his lawn mower (斩) and now he cannot get it out, so he has to ask his friends for help, which is really embarrassing for him.

恪

愙

kè = k + e4

variant of 恪[ke4]

憩

憇

qì = qi + Ø4

variant of 憩[qi4]

恿

慂

yǒng = yu + (e)ng3

old variant of 恿[yong3]