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Mythic Mandarin

决心 (jué xīn): meaning and stroke order

决心 (jué xīn) means determination, resolution, determined, firm and resolute, to make up one's mind, 个.

决心

Simplified
决心
Traditional
決心
Pinyin
jué xīn

Stroke order of 决心

决

  • jué to decide; to determine
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 決

Stroke by stroke

心

  • xīn heart; mind
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 决心

  1. jué xīn Traditional 決心
    • determination
    • resolution
    • determined
    • firm and resolute
    • to make up one's mind
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

决
Radical 冫 (Kangxi radical 15) · 6 strokes · 冫 on the left, 夬 on the right
心
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

决心 in our stories

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  • 沉香长大以后，才知道自己的妈妈被压在山下，就下决心一定要把她救出来。

    Chénxiāng zhǎngdà yǐhòu cái zhīdao zìjǐ de māma bèi yā zài shān xià jiù xià juéxīn yídìng yào bǎ tā jiù chūlai

    Only when Chenxiang grew up did he learn his mother was trapped under the mountain, and he resolved to rescue her.

    From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5

  • 传说后来，精卫遇到了一只海燕，它不但不笑她傻，反而被她的决心打动，和她结成了夫妻。

    chuánshuō hòulái Jīngwèi yùdào le yì zhī hǎiyàn tā búdàn bú xiào tā shǎ fǎn'ér bèi tā de juéxīn dǎdòng hé tā jié chéng le fūqī

    Legend says that later Jingwei met a petrel; far from laughing at her foolishness, it was moved by her determination, and the two became mates.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 决心

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).