Nǐ zěnme zhème hěnxīn, lián yí ge diànhuà yě bù dǎ?
How could you be so heartless as not to even call?
Sentence by WillyChina
How 狠心 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious
犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
艮stopping · gěnSound part
犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hěn.
心xīnheart
心 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a heart. On the left of a character it is written 忄.
How to write 狠心
狠 9 strokes · 心 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 狠心 (hěnxīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
狠心 (hěnxīn) means “heartless” or “cruel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hěnxīn: hěn with a 3rd tone, then xīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 狠心 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type henxin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 狠心 from the suggestions. Typing henxin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
狠心 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
狠hěn3rd tone, dipping
心xīn1st tone, high and level
