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While 真心 literally reads as “true heart” or “genuine heart,” the understood meaning is sincerity, devotion, sincere, or heartfelt. Some will extend the meaning to be like “true love.” It's the idea of doing something or treating someone with genuine feelings.
真心 is valid and has the same meaning in both Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji.
Note: While not too common, this can be the female given name “Mami” in Japanese.
至誠 is the idea that you enter into something with the utmost sincerity and fidelity. Ideas such as devotion, honesty, and “one's true heart” are also contained in this word.
至誠 is a universal word as the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja are all identical.
我心真愛 is a slightly poetic way to express this sentiment to someone.
The meaning is “My True Love,” but the characters directly translate as “I/Me/My Heart/Mind True/Real Love.”
Note that Chinese grammar and construction are different, so this sounds very eloquent and artsy in Chinese.
In Korean Hanja, the third character should be written differently. Just let me know when you place your order if you want that version - it will still make sense in Chinese. This phrase makes sense in Korean but is not commonly used.
Zanshin
First off, 殘心 should only be used in the context of Japanese martial arts. In Chinese, it's a rather sad title (like a broken heart). In Chinese, the first character alone means destroyed, spoiled, ruined, injured, cruel, oppressive, savage, incomplete, or disabled. However, in Japanese, it's remainder, leftover, balance, or lingering.
The second character means heart, mind, soul, or essence in both languages.
殘心 is one of the five spirits of the warrior (budo) and is often used as a Japanese martial arts tenet. Under that context, places such as the Budo Dojo define it this way: The spirit of zanshin is the state of the remaining or lingering spirit. It is often described as a sustained and heightened state of awareness and mental follow-through. However, true zanshin is a state of focus or concentration before, during, and after the execution of a technique, where a link or connection between uke and nage is preserved. Zanshin is the state of mind that allows us to stay spiritually connected, not only to a single attacker but to multiple attackers and even an entire context; a space, a time, an event.
In modern Japan (and Simplified Chinese), they use a different version of the first character, as seen to the right. Click on this character to the right instead of the button above if you want this modern Japanese version of lingering mind / zanshin.
家とは心がある場所だ is, “Home is where the heart is,” in Japanese.
Most Japanese will take this to mean:
If you are with the person or at the place you love most, it becomes your true home.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
正心流 is a Japanese title that means “right heart style” or “true mind method.”
The first character means right, correct, greater, or true.
The second character means heart, mind, soul, or essence.
The third character means style, method, or some will translate it as a school.
Please note, there is more than one martial arts school that romanizes as Shoshin-Ryu.
In Zen Buddhism, 本心 means “original mind” or “original heart,” which refers to one's Buddha-nature present from birth.
This can also be translated as true feelings, real intention, one's own heart, one's right mind, one's senses, one's conscience, or fundamental mind.
Note: 心 can mean heart or mind - thought in ancient Asia to be the same organ.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your true heart search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
本心 see styles |
běn xīn ben3 xin1 pen hsin honshin ほんしん |
More info & calligraphy: The Original MindThe original heart, or mind; one's own heart. |
真心 see styles |
zhēn xīn zhen1 xin1 chen hsin magokoro(p); makokoro(ok) まごころ(P); まこころ(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: True Heart(noun - becomes adjective with の) sincerity; true heart; devotion; (female given name) Mami |
六難 六难 see styles |
liun án liun4 an2 liun an rokunan |
The six difficult things— to be born in a Buddha-age, to hear the true Buddha-law, to beget a good heart, to be born in the central kingdom (India), to be born in human form, and to be perfect; see, Nirvana Sutra 23. |
圓覺 圆觉 see styles |
yuán jué yuan2 jue2 yüan chüeh engaku |
Complete enlightenment potentially present in each being, for all have 本覺 primal awareness, or 眞心 the true heart (e. g. conscience), which has always remained pure and shining; considered as essence it is the 一心 one mind, considered causally it is the Tathāgata-garbha, considered it is|| perfect enlightenment, cf. 圓覺經. |
心中 see styles |
xīn zhōng xin1 zhong1 hsin chung shinchuu / shinchu しんちゅう |
central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives in the mind |
正意 see styles |
zhèng yì zheng4 yi4 cheng i shoui; seii / shoi; se しょうい; せいい |
sense (in DNA) (1) (archaism) correct meaning; original meaning; (2) (archaism) true heart; (given name) Masaomi correct intention |
正気 see styles |
seiki / seki せいき |
true character; true heart; true spirit; (given name) Masaki |
直心 see styles |
zhí xīn zhi2 xin1 chih hsin jikishin じきしん |
{Buddh} true and honest heart; pure heart; heart devoted to Buddhism; (female given name) Naomi Straightforward, sincere, blunt. |
穿つ see styles |
ugatsu うがつ |
(transitive verb) (1) to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through; (v5t,vt,vi) (2) to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); to be true to (nature); (transitive verb) (3) (archaism) to put on; to wear |
衷情 see styles |
chuujou / chujo ちゅうじょう |
true heart; inner feelings |
襟素 see styles |
jīn sù jin1 su4 chin su |
one's true heart |
赤心 see styles |
sekishin せきしん |
(form) sincerity; true heart; devotion; (given name) Sekishin |
赤誠 赤诚 see styles |
chì chéng chi4 cheng2 ch`ih ch`eng chih cheng sekisei / sekise せきせい |
utterly sincere; wholly devoted (form) sincerity; true heart; devotion |
五種灌頂 五种灌顶 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng guàn dǐng wu3 zhong3 guan4 ding3 wu chung kuan ting goshu kanjō |
The five abhiṣecanī baptisms of the esoteric school— for ordaining ācāryas, teachers, or preachers of the Law: for admitting disciples: for putting an end to calamities or suffering for sins; for advancement, or success; and for controlling (evil spirits ) or getting rid of difficulties, cf. 五種修法. Also, baptism of light: of sweet dew (i. e. perfume): of the 'germ-word' as seed; of the five baptismal signs of wisdom made on the forehead, shoulders, heart, and throat, indicating the five Dhyāni-Buddhas; and of the ' true word' on the breast. |
紇利陀耶 纥利陀耶 see styles |
hé lì tuó yé he2 li4 tuo2 ye2 ho li t`o yeh ho li to yeh kiridaya |
紇利倶; 紇哩陀耶 (or紇哩乃耶or 紇哩娜耶); 訖利駄耶; 釳陀陀; 汗栗駄; 肝栗大 hṛdaya, the heart, the mind; some forms are applied to the physical heart, others somewhat indiscriminately to the Tathāgata-heart, or the true, natural, innocent heart. |
一切眞言心 see styles |
yī qiè zhēn yán xīn yi1 qie4 zhen1 yan2 xin1 i ch`ieh chen yen hsin i chieh chen yen hsin issai shingon shin |
The first Sanskrit letter "a'; it is pronounced "an' by the Shingon School and emphasized as the heart of all wisdom. In India "a' is the "name of Vishṇu (especially as the first of the three sounds in the sacred syllable oṃ or aum), also of Brahmā, Śiva, and Vaiśvānara (Agni)' M. W. |
路遙知馬力,日久見人心 路遥知马力,日久见人心 see styles |
lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4 , ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1 lu yao chih ma li , jih chiu chien jen hsin |
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
True Heart | 真心 | mago koro / magokoro | zhēn xīn / zhen1 xin1 / zhen xin / zhenxin | chen hsin / chenhsin |
Sincerity and Devotion | 至誠 至诚 | shisei | zhì chéng zhi4 cheng2 zhi cheng zhicheng | chih ch`eng chihcheng chih cheng |
My True Love | 我心真愛 我心真爱 | wǒ xīn zhēn ài wo3 xin1 zhen1 ai4 wo xin zhen ai woxinzhenai | wo hsin chen ai wohsinchenai |
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Lingering Mind | 殘心 残心 | zan shin / zanshin | cán xīn / can2 xin1 / can xin / canxin | ts`an hsin / tsanhsin / tsan hsin |
Home is where the heart is | 家とは心がある場所だ | ie to wa kokoro ga aru basho da ietowakokorogaarubashoda | ||
Shoshin-Ryu | 正心流 | shou shin ryuu shoushinryuu sho shin ryu | ||
The Original Mind | 本心 | hon shin / honshin | běn xīn / ben3 xin1 / ben xin / benxin | pen hsin / penhsin |
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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