The number of people with heart disease has increased.
Sentence #333261 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 心脏 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.
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.
脏zàngviscera
⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
庄village · zhuāngSound part
⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 庄 (zhuāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zàng.
How to write 心脏
心 4 strokes · 脏 10 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 心脏 (xīnzàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
Say it xīnzàng: xīn with a 1st tone, then zàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 心脏 is written 心臟. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 颗 (kē) or 个 (gè). For example, one heart is 一颗心脏 (yì kē xīnzàng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinzang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 心脏 from the suggestions. Typing xinzang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
心脏 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
心xīn1st tone, high and level
脏zàng4th tone, falling
