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Kanji Detail for 想 - "to think, thought"

想

  • Meaning

    想 means "to think, thought." Also associated with to miss.

    1. Think - To contemplate; to imagine.

    2. Thought - An idea; a concept.

    3. Miss - To long for; to yearn.

  • Words using 想

    • 予想 よそう Listen expectation; anticipation; prediction
    • 構想 こうそう Listen plan; plot; idea
    • 思想 しそう Listen thought; idea; ideology
    • 感想 かんそう Listen impressions; thoughts; feelings
    • 発想 はっそう Listen idea; conception; way of thinking
    • 理想 りそう Listen ideal; ideals
    • 想像 そうぞう Listen imagination; supposition; guess
    • 幻想 げんそう Listen fantasy; illusion; vision

  • Four-character idioms with 想

    • 奇想天外 きそうてんがい Listen fantastic; bizarre; incredible
    • 末法思想 まっぽうしそう Listen pessimism due to decadent-age theory
    • 無念無想 むねんむそう Listen free from worldly or worthless thoughts
    • 無想無念 むそうむねん Listen being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts
    • 熟思黙想 じゅくしもくそう Listen considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation
    • 誇大妄想 こだいもうそう Listen megalomania; delusions of grandeur

  • Tattoo check: 想

    • Verified meaning: to think, thought
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, おもい, ここな, こころ)
    • Also carries these associations: to miss

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 想

    Given names 想(あい)Listen 想(おもい)Listen 想(ここな)Listen 想(こころ)Listen 想(さやか)Listen 想(すなお)Listen 想(そう)Listen 想(のぞむ)Listen

    Surnames 想(そうじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    idea; thought; conception; think

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    think, speculate, plan, consider

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Having desire in the heart and thinking about it. Such as 眠思夢想. | All things past that one recalls, or things not yet come that one anticipates, are called 想. Such as 回想當年, 緬想來日. Also, the meaning of assuming. Such as 想當然耳, like saying "presumably so."

  • Onyomi

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    so(ソ) ソ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

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    omo.u(おも-う) おも-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to think thought to miss consider contemplate idea concept belief cognition contemplation imagination imagine insight inspiration intellect intuition long mind notion opinion perception reflection understanding view yearn

Sentences including 想

  • It went just as we expected.

  • What do you imagine when you see that picture?

  • Say pretty things about a person's children.

  • He lives in a world of fantasy.

  • Imagine yourself to be on the moon.

  • No one can imagine what has become of him.

  • I couple this song with his name.

  • Can you imagine the world without money?

  • Her eyes remind me of a cat.

  • They like to look back on old times.

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