When I first saw this character, I thought it was water 水 until I noticed the extra dot. It is a character used as a warm up for calligraphy because it has so many types of strokes.
4 letter proverbs
사자성어 are phrases in Korean that are four syllables long and originate in Chinese, so the meaning comes from the Chinese characters. 사 is 4 四. 자 is character 字. 어 is language. (See a list of these idioms.)
I’ll share one example that uses 心 heart we learned this week.
以心傳心
이심전심 – meaning your minds are connected/ telepathic. His heart passes to your heart without words.
As a Korean drama watcher, I am sure you’ve heard many of these. One of my favorite is 七顚八起 “fall down seven times, get up eight” 칠전팔기 . 칠 is 7 七. 팔 is 8 八. That is a never-give-up attitude every learner should have.
Hanguk Babble 