芯
しん · shin · JLPT N2 · noun
core
🕯️ 芯 = grass (艹) + heart (心): the heart of a plant stem, the core that becomes a wick
The pith inside a rush stem was dried and used as a lamp wick, so 芯 came to mean any core. Grass radical on top, heart below.
しん · shin · JLPT N2 · noun
core
🕯️ 芯 = grass (艹) + heart (心): the heart of a plant stem, the core that becomes a wick
The pith inside a rush stem was dried and used as a lamp wick, so 芯 came to mean any core. Grass radical on top, heart below.