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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: idea, thought, conception, think

Kunyomi: おも.う

Onyomi: ソウ, ソ

Composition: 相 心

想

Radical

Radical: 心

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

感想(かんそう)   impressions, thoughts

理想(りそう)   ideal [n.]

思想(しそう)   thought, ideas

発想する(はっそうする)   generate ideas

予想する(よそうする)   predict

連想する(れんそうする)   associate [v.t.]

想像する(そうぞうする)   imagine

想定する(そうていする)   suppose, assume

愛想(あいそ)   civility, sociability

Onyomi Examples

想 (ソウ) conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)

想像 (ソウゾウ) imagination, supposition, guess

追想 (ツイソウ) recollection, reminiscence

お愛想 (オアイソ) compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check

想 (ソウ) conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)

想像 (ソウゾウ) imagination, supposition, guess

お愛想 (オアイソ) compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check

Kunyomi Examples

思う (おもう) to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to care (deeply) for, to yearn for, to worry about, to love, to recall, to remember

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