悸 (jì): to palpitate; (of the heart) to…

Meanings

1 to palpitate; (of the heart) to throb with fear

Characters

悸

jì

to palpitate with fear

Examples

想起那晚，他仍然心有余悸。

Xiǎngqǐ nà wǎn, tā réngrán xīnyǒuyújì.

Thinking of that night, he still feels a lingering fear.

她心悸动，无法平静。

Tā xīn jì dòng, wúfǎ píngjìng.

Her heart pounded and she could not calm down.

Tips

usage

悸 is the racing of the heart from fright. The common idiom is 心有余悸 — still trembling with fear after a frightening event has passed.

Components

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

The heart radical in its left-side form, from 心. It marks an emotion or a state of the heart — here the heart pounding from fear. It groups 悸 with 怕, 慌, and 惊.

phonetic

季 jì

phonetic component

Supplies the sound, read identically as jì (otherwise meaning season). It works purely as a pronunciation marker for this heart-emotion word.

Stroke Order

悸 jì

Related Words

悸动 jìdòng #23,906

to throb / to pound (of the heart) / heart palpitation

心有余悸 xīnyǒu-yújì #32,899

to have lingering fear / still shaken after a frightening experience / one's heart still pounds at the memory

心悸 xīnjì #30,099

palpitation / heart palpitation / racing heartbeat

心脏 xīnzàng HSK 6 #1,503

heart (the organ) / the core; the heart of something (figurative)

尽情 jìnqíng HSK 7-9 #3,806

to one's heart's content / as much as one likes / to the fullest

打动 dǎdòng HSK 6 #4,872

to move (emotionally); to touch (someone's heart) / to convince; to win over

深深 shēnshēn HSK 6 #4,531

deeply; profoundly / thoroughly; from the bottom of one's heart

恐 kǒng #5,145

afraid; to fear / perhaps; I'm afraid that

真心 zhēnxīn HSK 7-9 #3,522

sincerity / genuine heart / sincere

在意 zàiyì HSK 7-9 #3,169

to care about / to mind / to take to heart