心
こころ
hepburn kokoro
heart, mind, spirit
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 心が温かい人です。She has a warm heart.
- 心配しないでください。Please don't worry.
Collocations
心 (kokoro, heart / mind / spirit)心配 (shinpai, worry — "heart-share")心地 (kokochi, comfort feeling)本心 (honshin, true feelings)心の中 (kokoro no naka, inside the heart)
Mnemonic
心 kokoro — physical heart plus integrated spirit/mind/emotion vocabulary. Bundles what English splits into "heart" + "mind". Japanese body cognition zones: 頭 (atama, intellect/calculation), 腹 (hara, true intent), 胸 (mune, emotional surge), 心 (kokoro, integrated inner self) — four-domain split. The kanji 心 simplifies a heart with chambers and vessels. Onyomi しん (shin): 心配 (worry, "heart-allocation"), 心理 (psychology), 安心 (relief), 中心 (center), 心臓 (medical heart). One word bridges medicine, psychology, literature, and daily speech.
Quick check
Kanji analysis of 心配?