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心 would often be translated as “heart.”
However, because it was believed in Chinese culture for thousands of years that your consciousness and thoughts came from the big red organ in the middle of your chest, it also means “mind” or “spirit” and sometimes even “soul.”
In Korean, beyond heart, mind, and spirit, this character can mean moral, nature, mind, affections, intentions, core, and center. In fact, it is used in Chinese to mean “center” as well but only with another character in front of it. For instance, “medical center” or even “shopping center.” Separately and alone, it will not be read with that “center” meaning unless thought of as “the center of your soul.”
心の伴侶 is a Japanese-only title for soulmates.
心 means heart, soul, mind, core, or center. In ancient times, the heart was believed to be the mind or center of your soul and being.
の is a possessive article that connects everything here.
伴侶 means mates, companions, partners, and spouses.
This Japanese version of soulmates is about two partners, coupled or joined by their hearts.
禪心 represents an image of your meditation coming from and filling your heart.
The meaning of the first character is “meditation” and the second character is usually defined as “heart” or sometimes “mind.”
There is a two-fold meaning here, as a good meditation session must start with a centered heart or mind. Yet at the same time, meditation serves to cleanse, focus, and center the heart and mind.
聖心会 is the Japanese martial arts title “Seishinkai” or “Seishin-Kai.”
It literally means “Sacred Heart Association” or “Pure-Heart Club.”
聖 can mean holy, sacred, saint, sage, virtuous, expert, wise and good, upright, or correct.
心 can mean heart, mind, center, core, spirit, soul, or vitality.
聖心 creates a word meaning sacred heart, or the holy mind (that of Buddha).
会 in Japanese means association, club, meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, or society.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
芯 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin shin しん |
used in 芯子[xin4 zi5]; Taiwan pr. [xin1] (1) wick; marrow; staple (for stapler); (pencil) lead; stuffing; pith; (2) (See 心・しん・3) core; heart; centre; center; (3) (See 蕊・しべ・1) pistil (of a flower); (4) (See 蕊・しべ・2) stamen; (female given name) Shin |
中央 see styles |
zhōng yāng zhong1 yang1 chung yang chuuou / chuo ちゅうおう |
central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) centre; center; middle; heart; (2) (See 地方・2) capital; seat of government; (female given name) Mao |
中心 see styles |
zhōng xīn zhong1 xin1 chung hsin chuushin / chushin ちゅうしん |
center; heart; core (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; (suffix) (2) -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on idem 忠心經. |
中部 see styles |
zhōng bù zhong1 bu4 chung pu chuubu / chubu ちゅうぶ |
middle part; central section (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbreviation) (See 中部地方) Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (place-name, surname) Nakabe |
内心 see styles |
naishin ないしん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) inner thoughts; real intention; inmost heart; one's mind; (n,adv) (2) at heart; deep down; on the inside; (3) {math} (See 外心・がいしん) inner center (centre) |
心髄 see styles |
shinzui しんずい |
(1) marrow; pith; (2) centre; center; nucleus; hub; (3) bottom of one's heart |
真中 see styles |
manaka まなか |
(See 真ん中) middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart; (surname) Mannaka |
大悲胎藏 see styles |
dà bēi tāi zàng da4 bei1 tai1 zang4 ta pei t`ai tsang ta pei tai tsang daihi taizō |
The womb―store of great pity, the fundamental heart of bodhi in all: this womb is likened to a heart opening as an eight-leaved lotus, in the center being Vairocana, the source of pity. |
中臺八葉院 中台八叶院 see styles |
zhōng tái bā shě yuàn zhong1 tai2 ba1 she3 yuan4 chung t`ai pa she yüan chung tai pa she yüan chūdai hachiyō in |
The Court of the eight-petaled lotus in the middle of the Garbhadhātu, with Vairocana in its center and four Buddhas and four bodhisattvas on the eight petals. The lotus is likened to the human heart, with the Sun-Buddha 大日 at its center. The four Buddhas are E. Akṣobhya, S. Ratnasambhava, W. Amitābha, N. Amoghasiddhi; the four bodhisattvas are S. E. Samantabhadra, S. W. Mañjuśrī, N. W. Avalokiteśvara, and N. E. Maitreya. |
Variations: |
mannaka まんなか |
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart |
Variations: |
mannaka まんなか |
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Heart Mind Spirit | 心 | kokoro | xīn / xin1 / xin | hsin |
Soul Mates at Heart | 心の伴侶 | kokoro no han ryo kokoronohanryo | ||
Zen Heart Zen Mind | 禪心 禅心 | zen shin / zenshin | chán xīn / chan2 xin1 / chan xin / chanxin | ch`an hsin / chanhsin / chan hsin |
Seishin-Kai Seishinkai | 聖心会 / 聖心會 聖心会 | sei shin kai seishinkai | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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