心血

Chinese

heart; mind blood
simp. and trad.
(心血)

Pronunciation


Noun

心血

  1. painstaking care; painstaking effort; all of one's energy

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (心血):
  • Japanese: 心血(しんけつ) (shinketsu)
  • Korean: 심혈(心血) (simhyeol)
  • Vietnamese: tâm huyết (心血)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
けつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しん)(けつ) • (shinketsu

  1. one's heart and soul; all one's effort, energy, passion

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN