衷
inner feelings
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,709 U+8877
How 衷 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
innermost feelings · Heisig RSH #1679
walking stick + 哀 grief
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 衷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无动于衷 | wú dòng yú zhōng | aloof; indifferent; unconcerned |
| 折衷主义 | zhé zhōng zhǔ yì | eclecticism |
| 言不由衷 | yán bù yóu zhōng | to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek; saying one thing but mean… |
| 莫衷一是 | mò zhōng yī shì | unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanimous decisio… |
| 衷心 | zhōng xīn | heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial |
| 热衷 | rè zhōng | to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment |
| 倾吐衷肠 | qīng tǔ zhōng cháng | to pour out (emotions); to pour one's heart out; to say everything that is on one's mind |
| 互诉衷肠 | hù sù zhōng cháng | (idiom) to confide in each other |
| 苦衷 | kǔ zhōng | secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties |
| 折衷 | zhé zhōng | variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1] |
| 丹衷 | dān zhōng | real sincerity |
| 由衷 | yóu zhōng | heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned |
| 隐衷 | yǐn zhōng | a secret; sth best not told to anyone; confidential information |
| 初衷 | chū zhōng | original intention |
| 折衷鹦鹉 | zhé zhōng yīng wǔ | Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea) |