Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
必 is a picture of a bamboo spear handle. It first meant 'dagger-axe handle', later written 柲. The sense 'certain' was borrowed for the sound, and from it came 'must, need to'. 必 looks like 心 but the two are not related.
Drawn as: bamboo spear handle
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