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心臓

しんぞう

heart

Mnemonic

The heart as the organ stored away in there doing the pumping, not the one you fall in love with. A shin しん and a zoo ぞう of a machine. Hers is not well: しんぞう.

Worth knowing

心 こころ is the heart you feel things with. 心臓 is the one a doctor puts a stethoscope on.

Built from

heart
A pictograph of the organ itself, chambers and all.
internal organ
月 the flesh radical on the left, and what is kept stored away out of sight inside it.

Words sharing these kanji

worry heart, mind peace of mind, relief center, middle admiration

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