Origin

The left side of this character is the heart radical, which in kanji often marks emotions and mental states. The right component serves as a sound hint telling you roughly how to pronounce the character. Together they create a character meaning something that stays constant in the heart — an idea or feeling that persists and doesn't change. Over time this came to mean constancy, reliability, and the sense of "always" in a steady, dependable way.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).