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HSK
7-9

core

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xin1 xīn

Meaning


Primary

core

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-(e)n] infirmary in the garden. She goes to smell some 艹 flowers without realizing they are dangerous. The 艹 flowers spring up and go right through the 芯 core of her 心 heart before she even has a chance to take out her sword to defend herself. She collapses onto the garden lawn as doctors and nurses surround her. They try to take the 艹 flowers out of the 芯 core of her 心 heart to save her before she dies.

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