忄
xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心, which depicts a human's heart.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (34 of 167 verified)

情性快怕惊怀怪慢忙懂惯恨恰忆恢悄忧愤惜惨怜惧慌悟恼恒慎怖悔惟愉悦怔慨懒愣憾愧惶怯怡恍憎懈惕愕慷惭悼悯慑忖悍悖懦忏懊恤恃惚惰忡忱惺怅惘恺悴恪憔悚悸愫惋惮憧怦悻憬恬惴惦懵恻惬惆恫怆忻怏恸愠怵愎恽懔怩慵忸悌忾忤恂恹忪悭愀怄悒慊怛怙怫愦憷悱悝悛怃怿忉怍惝悃忮忭怊憚愾慄慚慪懽懾懶悅憫憶惙懨懮惛愴愷慟慣憹懺恓恆忕慘憤愜惻愽悽懼愼憐懷懞惱悧悵慳惓

說文解字

《說文》：“心，人心。土藏，在身之中。象形。博士說以為火藏。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)