静心

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 静心 – see 靜心 (“to have peace of mind; to meditate”).
(This term, 静心, is the simplified form of 靜心.)
Notes:

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

静(しず)心(こころ) • (shizu-kokoro) ←しづこころ (sidukokoro)?
(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?[1]

References
  1. Earl Roy Miner (1968) An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry (Monographs in language and literature), reprint edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 91
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