漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
偲: recollect, remember
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 思 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
しのぶshinobu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 偲ぶしのぶto recollect; to remember; to reminisce
- 偲ぶ会しのぶかいgathering to remember a dead person
- 偲ばれるしのばれるto be brought to mind; to come to mind
Also read サイ, シ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
思
Also built on think (思)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side偲 recollect · 思
vs偶 accidentally · 禺In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cāi
Same form: 偲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 偲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 偲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cāi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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