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想

想 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おもう。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「相」。「おもう」を意味する漢語｛想｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

idea, thought, conception, think

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウElem.
  • ソHS
Kun (native)
  • おも(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音xiang3
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtTưởng

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+60F3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱相心

Words using this kanji

  • 想像そうぞう実際に見たことのないもの等について、頭の中で色々考えたりすること。imagination, supposition, guess
  • 想定そうていある条件や状況を仮に定めること。hypothesis, supposition, assumption, expectation
  • 想そう（そう）考え。構想。 （そう）事物の形象を心の中に思い浮かべること。表象作用。のひとつ。conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像力そうぞうりょく物事を想像する能力。 感性と悟性とを媒介する能力。(power of) imagination
  • 想起そうき想い起こすこと。以前にあった事を思い出すこと。 想い起こす。remembering, recollection, calling to mind, anamnesis
  • 想念そうねん心の中に浮かぶ考え。thought, idea, conception
  • 想到そうとうthinking of, hitting upon
  • 想望そうぼう思い慕うこと。思慕すること。 期待すること。longing, yearning
  • 想察そうさつsurmisal, hypothesis, speculation, conjecture
  • 想像上そうぞうじょう人間の想像の中にだけ存在し、実在しないこと。imaginary
  • 想定外そうていがい事前に予想していた範囲を外れているさま。beyond expectations, beyond what one expected, not foreseen, exceeding assumptions
  • 想い人おもいびとloved one, lover, sweetheart
  • 想定内そうていない事前に予想していた範囲に収まっているさま。within expectations, as expected, within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
  • 想像図そうぞうずartist's impression, picture based on one's imagination, imaginary rendering
  • 想像妊娠そうぞうにんしんpseudocyesis, false pregnancy, spurious pregnancy, pseudopregnancy
  • 想を練るそうをねるto turn (a matter) over in one's mind, to think deeply
  • 想定問答そうていもんどうanticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam)
  • 想像通りそうぞうどおりas you can imagine, as imagined
  • 想定小数点そうていしょうすうてんassumed decimal point
  • 想像がつくそうぞうがつくto be imaginable, to be conceivable

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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2-9-4
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