| 心 | heart | mind |
Pictogram. It depicts the heart of a person. The ancients think that 心 is an organ not only to pump blood, but also to think.
心 itself is also a Chinese radical. Another radical 忄 is evolved from 心. Most characters with the radical 心 or 忄 are related to psychological and emotional activities, such as: Xiǎng-想(think), Gǎn-感(sense), Qíng-情(feeling), etc.
象形字。字形像人的心脏。古人觉得，心不仅是泵血器官，还具有思维的能力。
“心”也是是汉字偏旁部首，竖心旁(忄)是从“心”字演化而来。心字旁或竖心旁的字多与心理活动和情绪有关，比如：想、感、情等。
