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
Min Nan (POJ): hu̍t-sim / he̍k-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: héxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershin
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ sam¹, wat⁶ sam¹
  - Yale: haht sām, waht sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ sam¹, wat⁹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ sem¹, wed⁶ sem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² sɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻²² ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hegsym
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕim⁴⁴/

Noun

核心

core; centre; the most important part
nucleus; kernel

Adjective

核心

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

Derived terms

核心家庭 (héxīn jiātíng)

核心期刊 (héxīn qīkān)

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”)

Noun

核心 (hiragana かくしん, rōmaji 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

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