想 — thought, idea, concept

おもい想 thought

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes mind

U+60F3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #381 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #609 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

thought
idea
concept

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).

想(おも) い omoi thought 想(おも) う omou to think 想(おも) い出(で) omoide memory

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

予(よ) 想(そう) yosou expectation 感(かん) 想(そう) kansou impression 思(し) 想(そう) shisou thought 理(り) 想(そう) risou ideal 発(はっ) 想(そう) hassou idea 想(そう) 定(てい) soutei assumption 回(かい) 想(そう) kaisou recollection 空(くう) 想(そう) kuusou fantasy

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

愛(あい) 想(そ) aiso amiability

Appears in idioms

末法思想四字熟語

end, law, think, thought

奇想天外四字熟語

strange, thought, heaven, outside

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

そう相 mutual

こころ心 heart #61

Compound ideograph with phonetic element (会意兼形声). 相 (sō, mutual/appearance) sits above 心 (heart). Thought or idea — what appears in the heart-mind.

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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