Memory phrase for the character: 想

想

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Meaning

to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss

Pronunciation

xiǎng

Explanation

 Top: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.), below: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts.

Radicals

相 mutually
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.




 Vocabulary

想起 xiǎng qǐ  to recall; to think of; to call to mind
揣想 chuǎi xiǎng  to conjecture
猜想 cāi xiǎng  guess; conjecture; suppose; suspect
梦想 mèng xiǎng  (figuratively) to dream of; dream
很想 hěn xiǎng  to miss sb; to very much want to
思想家 sī xiǎng jiā  a thinker
想法 xiǎng fǎ  idea; notion; train of thought; what sb is thinking; to think of a way (to do sth)
幻想 huàn xiǎng  delusion; fantasy
设想 shè xiǎng  to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for
想象 xiǎng xiàng  to imagine; to fancy
思想 sī xiǎng  thought; thinking; idea; ideology
思想 sī xiǎng  

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