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㣺

héngxīn
radical variant

Meanings

  1. 1 horizontal heart radical (variant of 心)
  2. 2 bottom form of the heart radical, Kangxi #61

Tips

usage
㣺 is the laid-flat heart that occasionally sits at the bottom of a character to support a component above. Same semantic role as 心 (feelings, will, thought) but rotated for layout. In modern type you'll usually see plain 心 at the foot - 㣺 is mostly a dictionary header and calligraphy form.
history
When 心 had to anchor a character from below, scribes flattened the four strokes wide instead of stacking them, producing this horizontal variant. Encoded as a separate codepoint for structural analysis, but most printed glyphs collapse back to 心 when the radical sits at the bottom.
usage
Visible in classical or stylized renderings of 慕 (admire), 恭 (respectful), 添 in older forms. For everyday reading, recognize 心 at the bottom of 想 (think), 念 (miss/recite), 思 (think), 怒 (angry) as the same heart radical in its standard bottom form.

Radical

Heart Kangxi #61

One of the most productive emotional radicals in the script. Strong clue that a character involves feeling, intention, or mental state — 想 (think), 念 (miss), 忘 (forget), 怕 (fear), 意 (intent), 慢 (slow). Appears as 忄 on the left of characters and as 㣺 underneath.

Forms
心 xīn
Default 63 characters
忄 shùxīn
Left 110 characters
㣺 héngxīn
Bottom 0 characters