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念

念 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おもう。
  2. 心に留める。
  3. （漢数字「廿」の大字）はた。二十。
  4. 記憶作用。対象を亡失しない心のはたらき。ののうち、のひとつ（ウィキペディア「五位」も参照）。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意（OC/*nˤim-s/）。「亼（「口」の顛倒形）」+「心」。心に向かって問いかける形で、本義は「念ずる」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ネンElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音nian4
  • 한글nyeom
  • Hán-ViệtNiệm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5FF5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱今心

Words using this kanji

  • 念ねん思い。気持ち。 よく気を付けること。sense, idea, thought, feeling
  • 念頭ねんとう考え。心の内。(on one's) mind, heed
  • 念願ねんがん常日頃より強く望み願うこと。そのような願い。one's heart's desire, one's dearest wish
  • 念書ねんしょ後日の証拠として念の為作成しておく文書。written pledge, signed note of assurance, memorandum, legal instrument
  • 念仏ねんぶつnembutsu, nianfo, visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
  • 念入りねんいり念を入れること。細かい点まで注意して物事をすること。careful, scrupulous, thorough, conscientious
  • 念力ねんりき一念を込め発する精神の力。 (仏教)五力のひとつで憶念の作用として得られる他の障害に抗する力。 (超科学)意思の力だけで物体を動かす能力。サイコキネシス。willpower, faith, telekinesis, psychokinesis
  • 念のためねんのためjust to make sure, just to be sure, for confirmation, just in case
  • 念じるねんじるある事柄の実現などを強く願う。 神仏の名や経文を唱える。to wish (for), to pray (for), to hope (for), to pray silently
  • 念校ねんこうthe very final proof (printing)
  • 念写ねんしゃ頭の中で思い浮かべた画像を紙に焼き付ける超能力。spirit photography, psychic photography, thoughtography
  • 念珠ねんじゅrosary, string of prayer beads
  • 念々ねんねんcontinually thinking about something
  • 念誦ねんじゅ心中に仏の加護を祈り、口で名号や真言、経文などを唱えること。invocation
  • 念動ねんどうtelekinesis, psychokinesis
  • 念話ねんわtelepathic communication
  • 念者ねんしゃcareful and thorough person, older male in an homosexual relationship
  • 念友ねんゆうmale homosexual relations, homosexual male partner
  • 念人ねんにんassistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest), older male in an homosexual relationship
  • 念波ねんぱtelepathy, thought waves

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-6
Four Corner
8033.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a6.24
Heisig
1715
Nelson
424