核心

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (核心)		核	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ sam¹ / wat⁶ sam¹
Jin (Wiktionary): heh⁵ xing¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): heh⁷ sing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-sim / he̍k-sim

(Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ sim¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hésin
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-hsin¹
  - Yale: hé-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershin
  - Palladius: хэсинь (xɛsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ sam¹ / wat⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: haht sām / waht sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ sam¹ / wat⁹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ sem¹ / wed⁶ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: heh⁵ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəʔ⁵⁴ ɕiŋ¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heh⁷ sing¹ [Phonetic: heh⁶ sing¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: he̍h-sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ ɬiŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heh⁷ sing¹ [Phonetic: heh⁶ sing¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛʔ⁴⁻² ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudsym
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hegsym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sim⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hêg⁴ sim¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek sim
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sim³³/

Noun

核心

Synonyms

(centre): 當心／当心 (dāngxīn), 當中／当中 (dāngzhōng), 中央 (zhōngyāng), 中心 (zhōngxīn)

Adjective

核心

centrally important; core; key
核心業務／核心业务 ― héxīn yèwù ― core business

核心競爭力／核心竞争力 ― héxīn jìngzhēnglì ― core competitiveness

核心思想 ― héxīn sīxiǎng ― core concepts

核心優勢／核心优势 ― héxīn yōushì ― core strengths

核心要素 ― héxīn yàosù ― key factor

Derived terms

核心家庭 (héxīn jiātíng)
核心期刊 (héxīn qīkān)
核心肌群 (héxīn jīqún)
社會主義核心價值觀 / 社会主义核心价值观 (shèhuì zhǔyì héxīn jiàzhíguān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	心
かく Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 核 (kaku, “nucleus”) + 心 (shin, “central part”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かくしん [kàkúshíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ɕĩɴ]

Noun

核(かく)心(しん) • (kakushin)

core, heart
ニュースの核心(かくしん)に迫(せま)る
nyūsu no kakushin ni semaru
get to the crux of the news

Korean

Hanja in this term
核	心

Noun

核心 • (haeksim) (hangeul 핵심)

hanja form^? of 핵심