い
以
しん
心
でん
伝
しん
心

noun, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. telepathy, tacit understanding, thought transference, communion of mind with mind.

noun

Buddhist term. Messages.yoji.
  1. non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
い
以
しん
心
でん
伝
しん
心
 以心伝心 いしんでんしん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

by means of, because, in view of
イ　もっ.て　もち (4th, N4)
hook stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる　デン　つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン　い.う　ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)