心 Radical 61 — heart; mind, feeling

Where the shape comes from

The organ itself: the curved stroke is the sac of the heart and the three dots the chambers and vessels above it. Chinese locates thinking as well as feeling in the heart, so 心 heads words for emotion and mental states. Standing to the left it becomes 忄 (忙, 快); sitting underneath it stays 心 (想, 您) or compresses to ⺗.

characters filed under 心

• 心xīn (first tone, high and level)heart; mind, feelings, intention; the centre of something (中心)4
• 忘wàng (fourth tone, falling)to forget; to overlook, to leave behind7
• 怕pà (fourth tone, falling)to fear, to be afraid of; to be afraid that; probably, I dare say8
• 爱/愛ài (fourth tone, falling)to love; to like, to be fond of; love, affection10
• 想xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to think, to reflect; to want to, to would like to; to miss someone13