心

👁Shape

A compact 4-stroke character meaning "heart" — trace the strokes while picturing the concept.

🧩Components

This character is itself a fundamental radical — a building block you'll see inside many other kanji.

📖Anchor word

心配（な） (しんぱい（な）) — your first meeting with this kanji in Irodori.

🔊Readings

First learned in 心配（な） (しんぱい（な）) — recall the word to unlock the reading. Kun'yomi: -ごころ、こころ — often used in native Japanese words. On'yomi: シン — common in compound words (熟語).