静心

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 静心 – see 靜心 (“to have peace of mind; to meditate”).
(This term is the simplified form of 靜心).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
静 心
しず
Grade: 4
こころ > ごころ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
靜心 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
静 心
しず
Grade: 4
こころ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
靜心 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 静 (shizu, root meaning “calm, quiet, still”) +‎ 心 (kokoro, “heart, mind”).

Sometimes the kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Noun

静(しず)心(こころ) • (shizukokoro) ←しづこころ (sidukokoro)? or 静(しず)心(ごころ) • (shizugokoro) ←しづごころ (sidugokoro)?

  1. a calm mind, placid temperament

Citations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:静心.

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