心如死灰

心如死灰 in English

xīn rú sǐ huī: (idiom) Originally described a heart that was detached and devoid of feeling. It now also describes someone utterly dispirited or an extremely cold attitude.

Character breakdown

心 xīn heart
如 rú as
死 sǐ to die
灰 huī ash

Stroke order

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.

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 如

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 死

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

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

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 灰

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

How it used to be written

心

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 25 forms

如

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

死

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 23 forms

灰

Small seal script
Clerical script 秦

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

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