口是心苗

口是心苗 in English

kǒu shì xīn miáo: (idiom) Words reflect a person’s thoughts and feelings, allowing others to understand what they truly think. Speech reveals the heart.

Character breakdown

口 kǒu mouth
是昰 shì to be (followed by substantives only)
心 xīn heart
苗 miáo sprout

Stroke order

Le caractère 口 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 口

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 是 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 是

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 心 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 心

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

口

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

是

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 20 forms

心

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 25 forms

苗

Bronze script 西周晚期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 7 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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