EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    true feelings; real intention; one's heart

    彼は口やかましいが本心は悪くない。
    He grumbles a lot, but deep down he's not a bad guy.
  2. one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まと、ごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

Kun
こころ、-ごころ
On
シン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
157 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-3, 4-4-4SKIP code
4k0.1The Kanji Dictionary
3300.0Four corner code
358deroo
5fc3Unicode hex code
1-31-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1645Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780New Nelson (John Haig)
11New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
595Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
639Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
139A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
49Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
80Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10295Morohashi
147A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
97Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95sakade
172Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
164henshall3
96Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
64crowley
172Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
766Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
602Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xin1Pinyin reading
simKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level