恒心 (héng xīn) — perseverance; persistence

Definition

noun
perseverancepersistence

Examples

  • 恒心，。
    Tā zuò shì hěn yǒu héng xīn, cóng bú bàn tú ér fèi.
    He is very persistent in what he does and never gives up halfway.
  • 恒心。
    Xué xí wài yǔ xū yào jiān chí bú xiè de héng xīn.
    Learning a foreign language requires unremitting perseverance.
  • 恒心。
    Méi yǒu héng xīn de rén hěn nán chéng gōng.
    People without perseverance find it hard to succeed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

恒héngconstant
心xīnheart

恒 (constant) and 心 (heart) combine to give a steady, persevering heart.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 恆; 恒 is its simplified writing.

  • 心心xīnheart
  • 亙亙gènpartial moon

The traditional form 恆 pairs 心, a heart, with 亙, a partial moon, which provides the sound; 恒 is a later simplified shape.

Open 恒 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

Open 心 →

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