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Chinese symbol for “tips”

心得
xīn dé
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tips is 心得 (xīn dé), defined as: what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding; tips; 项 (xiàng),个 (gè).

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Characters and stroke order

心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
得 dé
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
radical 60 ⼻ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 心得.

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
觉得 (覺得)jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get

See also: Japanese symbol for “tips”.

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.