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Kanji Detail for 想 - "think, thought, imagine"

  • Meaning

    想 means "think, thought, imagine."

    1. Think - To contemplate; to imagine.

    2. Thought - An idea; a concept.

    3. Miss - To long for; to yearn.

  • 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."
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Sentences including

  • 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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