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Kanji for Heart
The kanji for “heart” is 心, read shin and written in 4 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
heart
The heart and spirit; feeling and caring deeply.
4 strokes On reading シン (shin) Kun reading こころ、ごころ (kokoro, gokoro) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, koko, kokoro, shin
In Japan it appears in about 913 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 心: Cindy 心慈 · Cyndi 心慈 · Cintia 心天愛 · Cynthia 心詩愛 · Jacinda 慈心太 · Jacinta 路心太 · Jacinto 路心灯 · Shin 心 · Sine 心音 · Sinta 心太 · Yasin 弥心 · Shinta 心太 and 5 more
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