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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
静	心
しず Grade: 4	こころ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靜心 (kyūjitai)

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)

Etymology

From 静(しず) (shizu, “calm, quiet, still”) + 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind”).

Usually spelled with rendaku (連濁), as shizu-gokoro.

Noun

(alternative reading hiragana しずごころ, rōmaji shizu-gokoro, historical hiragana しづごころ)

1. calm mind, placid temperament
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 2, poem 84; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 33)

     ひさかたの光(ひかり)のどけき春(はる)の日(ひ)にしづ心(ごころ)なく花(はな)の散(ち)るらむ

     hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi ni shizu-gokoro naku hana no chiruran

     On a day in spring when the light throughout the sky warms with tranquility, why is it with unsettled heart that the cherry flowers fall?