It kinda popped into my head one day and I want to know the correct meaning
and translation into English. Translating it through Google Translate gets you
'Heart of the writing'. I know the meanings of the kanji by themselves but
searching the word 筆記 in a dictionary gets me '(taking) notes; copying'.

I would like to know how a native person would read and understand 筆記の心.

Edit: Wikipedia also has it as 'writing' [筆記
](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AD%86%E8%A8%98?oldid=42629220) but I
understand only as far as my knowledge and Google Translate can help me.
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What are all the possible meanings of 筆記{ひっき}の心{こころ}?
I am a native speaker of Japanese. In short, 筆記の心 is confusing and unnatural.

筆記 often means _written_ as opposed to _oral_ (筆記試験 = written exam, 口頭試験 =
oral exam). It's the act of writing characters on paper usually using a pen or
a pencil.

筆記の心 never refers to being a good novelist; thinking of heart-touching, well-
structured, grammatical sentences is not what 筆記 refers to.

I don't think 筆記の心 can refer to being a good calligrapher, either. Although
the kanji 筆 itself means a brush, in modern usage, 筆記 rarely includes writing
something artistic using a brush. The common name for the art of Japanese
calligraphy is 書道【しょどう】, and 書道の心 may mean "the heart/essence of calligraphy".
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As naruto has explained, I agree that 筆記の心 is somewhat oxymoronic. Unlike 書道
(calligraphy) or 作文 (composition), 筆記 is just the ordinary physical act of
writing by hand, and is not thought of as an _art_.

One possible interpretation could be in the context of exams. Sometimes we
just say “筆記” as shorthand for 筆記試験. So I could imagine someone talking about
the art of succeeding in exams, saying for example:

> 筆記の心はスピードにあり。  
>  _The essence of the written exam is speed._
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