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

意

yì = y + Ø4

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

意 = 心 + 音 : Maud Younger had a desire for new loudspeakers ever since she boarded the space station. Today she wants to anticipate what will be in the next supply shipment, so in the bathroom she stares into her crystal ball, and indeed sees the desired loudspeakers. She falls in love instantly, feeling her heart pounding heavily.

惠

huì = hu + ei4

(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])

惠

huì = hu + ei4

surname Hui

惠 = 二 + 虫 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a patron.

Helgar Horse (hu) used to be an accomplished racing horse, but nowadays she gets too old. Her patron (惠)—the mosquito (虫)—however wants her to continue, so he adds a capacitor (二) to her heart (心) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to make her run even faster.

惠

huì = hu + ei4

favor / benefit / to bestow / (literary) benevolence / (honorific)

悬

懸

xuán = xu + an2

to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation

悬 = 县 + 心 : Xu Xian (xu) is overwhelmed to find the shape of his home county (县) hanging (悬) from the wall in the anthill's kitchen (an2). He starts crying and hangs (悬) his heart (心) on the shape as sign of recognition.

怠

dài = d + ai4

idle / lazy / negligent / careless

怠 = 台 + 心 : Don Quixote (d) got a job working at the counter (台) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but he is very lazy and slacking off (怠) because he left his heart (心) at home.

惫

憊

bèi = b + ei4

exhausted

惫 = 夂 + 思 : Beelzezbub (b) watches several women wearing high heels (夂) pass by in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and thinks (思) how tiring (惫) it must be to walk in these shoes.

怒

nù = nu + Ø4

anger / fury / flourishing / vigorous

怒 = 奴 + 心 : Nelson Newt (nu) is angrily (怒) shouting at his slave (奴) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The slave thinks how heartless Nelson Newt is. Indeed, a long time ago the slave stole Nelson Newt's heart (心) to use it one day in an escape plan.

恕

shù = shu + Ø4

to forgive

恕 = 如 + 心 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) broke Asif ibn Barkhiya's (如) heart (心) when he accidentally stepped on it in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Asif ibn Barkhiya is ready to forgive (恕) Sheldon.

您

nín = ni + (e)n2

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])

恐

kǒng = ku + (e)ng3

afraid / frightened / to fear

恐 = 巩 + 心 : A terrorist (恐) is harassing Karl Koala (ku) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). The terrorists frightens (恐) Karl so much that his heart (心) jumps out of his body. The terrorist then quickly grabs Karl's heart and uses a padlock (巩) to lock it away to blackmail Karl.

惑

huò = hu + o4

to confuse / to be puzzled

惑 = 心 + 或 : Oswaldo Farrés (或) wants to give his heart (心) to Helga Horse (hu) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Helga is very confused (惑): she doesn't know at all what to do with it.