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Chinese symbol for “schemes”

心术
xīn shù
Traditional: 心術
designs; schemes; intentions; scheming

The closest CC-CEDICT match for schemes is 心术 (xīn shù), defined as: designs; schemes; intentions; scheming; calculating (of a person).

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Characters and stroke order

心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
术 shù
skill, art; method, technique; trick
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 心术.

WordPinyinMeaning
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
关心 (關心)guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
核心hé xīncore; nucleus
开心 (開心)kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice
心里 (心裡)xīn lichest; heart; mind
技术 (技術)jì shùtechnology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng)
艺术 (藝術)yì shùart

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.