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想

idea
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソウ、ソ
Kun readingおも.う
JōyōGrade 3
  1. conception
  2. thought
  3. samjna (perception)

Popular Usage

思想想像感想空想愛想可哀想

Radicals and components

Radical心heartComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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inter milan · inter · tree (木) · wood (木) · eye (目) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 656

Compound words

思想しそう
thought; idea; ideology
想像そうぞう
imagination; supposition; guess
感想かんそう
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
空想くうそう
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
愛想あいそ
amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability; fondness (of someone)
可哀想かわいそう
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
仮想かそう
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
回想かいそう
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
幻想げんそう
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
構想こうそう
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision
想定そうてい
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
発想はっそう
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
夢想むそう
dream; vision; reverie
予想よそう
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
理想りそう
ideal; ideals
連想れんそう
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
瞑想めいそう
meditation; contemplation
妄想もうそう
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
予想外よそうがい
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
理想的りそうてき
ideal
想像力そうぞうりょく
(power of) imagination
予想以上よそういじょう
more than expected

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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