We have learnt the character 心 , which means heart. When it acts as a radical, it can be written below of the character or on the left side of the character. (Radical I)
We have learnt the radical 心字底 (xīn zi dǐ) which is written below of the character. e.g. : 想，怒，思. (link)
Today we are going to learn the radical 心 written on the left side of the character. When written on the left side, it is usually written as “忄” and we call it 竖心旁 (shù xīn páng).
Most of the words with the “心” / “忄” radical are “heart-related” ( emotion, feeling, mind, thinking or thought).
Here is a list of characters with the radical 忄 that we have learnt so far:
