思 — think, consider

おもう思 think

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes emotion

U+601D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #132 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #605 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

think
consider

word

おも omo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

思(おも) う omou to think 思(おも) える omoeru to seem 思(おも) い omoi thought 思(おも) い出(だ) す omoidasu to recall 思(おも) い出(で) omoide memory 思(おも) わず omowazu unintentionally 思(おも) いつく omoitsuku to think of 思(おも) い切(き) る omoikiru to resolve

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

思(し) 考(こう) shikou thinking 意(い) 思(し) ishi intention 思(し) 想(そう) shisou thought 思(し) 春(しゅん) 期(き) shishunki puberty 不(ふ) 思(し) 議(ぎ) fushigi mysterious 思(し) 案(あん) shian consideration

Appears in idioms

不可思議四字熟語

negative, possible, think, deliberation

相思相愛四字熟語

mutual, think, mutual, love

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

た田 rice field #102

こころ心 heart #61

Used as component in (1)

おもんぱかる慮 prudence

Compound ideograph (会意). Combines 田 (rice field, here representing the brain/fontanelle) over 心 (heart). Thought arises from the mind above and the heart below — ancient Chinese psychology located thinking in both organs.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart