Kanji: 心

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	心(忄⺗) Radical name: こころ (りっしんべん)
Meaning:	Heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 150 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	安心(あんしん)	relief
N4	心(こころ)	core, heart
N4	心配(しんぱい)する	to worry
N3	感心(かんしん)	admiration, Well done!
N3	関心(かんしん)	concern, interest
N3	決心(けっしん)	determination, resolution
N3	心臓(しんぞう)	heart
N3	心配(しんぱい)	worry, concern, anxiety, care
N3	心理(しんり)	mentality
N3	中心(ちゅうしん)	center, core, heart, pivot, emphasis, balance
N3	熱心(ねっしん)	zeal, enthusiasm
N3	用心(ようじん)	care, precaution, guarding, caution
N2	苦心(くしん)	pain, trouble
N2	心当(こころあ)たり	having some knowledge of, happening to know
N2	心得(こころえ)る	to be informed, to have thorough knowledge
N2	心身(しんしん)	mind and body
N2	都心(としん)	heart (of city)
N1	一心(いっしん)	one mind, wholeheartedness, the whole heart
N1	肝心(かんじん)	essential, fundamental, crucial, vital, main
N1	心地(ここち)	feeling, sensation, mood
N1	心得(こころえ)	knowledge, information
N1	心掛(こころが)け	readiness, intention, aim
N1	心掛(こころが)ける	to bear in mind, to aim to do
N1	心強(こころづよ)い	heartening, reassuring
N1	心細(こころぼそ)い	helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening
N1	下心(したごころ)	secret intention, motive
N1	心中(しんじゅう)	double suicide, lovers suicide
N1	心情(しんじょう)	mentality
N1	自尊心(じそんしん)	self-respect, conceit
N1	真心(まこころ)	sincerity, devotion
N1	野心(やしん)	ambition, aspiration, designs, treachery
N1	良心(りょうしん)	conscience