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

窗

窓

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

variant of 窗[chuang1]

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.

聴

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

Japanese variant of 聽|听[ting1]

悫

慤

què = qu + e4

honest

悫

愨

què = qu + e4

honest

怂