漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
想: idea, thought
Also: conception, think
JLPT N313 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 相 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 感想かんそうimpressions, thoughts
- 理想りそうideal [n.]
- 思想しそうthought, ideas
- 発想するはっそうするgenerate ideas
- 予想するよそうするpredict
- 連想するれんそうするassociate [v.t.]
- 想像するそうぞうするimagine
- 想定するそうていするsuppose, assume
ソso · on'yomi
- 愛想あいそcivility, sociability
Also read おもう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)相 to look at (sound) + 心 heart, mind (meaning)
To think, to consider.
Source: Wiktionary, 想 (rev. 93506393), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side想 idea · 心
vs箱 box · 竹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiǎng
Same form: 想 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 想 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 想 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiǎng 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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