念
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #766 U+5FF5
How 念 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To keep the present 今 in mind 心
How to remember it
miss · Heisig RSH #1246
clock + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 念 as their sound component
These characters all use 念 (niàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 念 sound component | niàn | to think of, to recall; to study |
| 稔 | rěn | ripe grain; to harvest; to know well |
| 捻 | niǎn | to twist or nip with the fingers |
| 鲶 | nián | catfish; sheat |
| 埝 | niàn | dike, embankment; protuberance |
Words containing 念
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家家有本难念的经 | jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng | every family has its problems (idiom) |
| 非分之念 | fēi fèn zhī niàn | improper idea |
| 一念之差 | yī niàn zhī chā | momentary slip; false step; ill-considered action |
| 念学位 | niàn xué wèi | to study for a degree; to take a degree course |
| 念头 | niàn tou | thought; idea; intention |
| 心心念念 | xīn xīn niàn niàn | (idiom) to constantly think about; to be preoccupied with; to set one's heart on |
| 体念 | tǐ niàn | to consider sb else's position; to put oneself in sb else's shoes |
| 念力 | niàn lì | psychokinesis; telekinesis |
| 数念 | shǔ niàn | to enumerate one by one |
| 理念 | lǐ niàn | idea; concept; philosophy; theory |
| 念日 | niàn rì | memorial day; commemoration day |
| 远来的和尚会念经 | yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng | the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom); foreign talent is valued … |
| 可念 | kě niàn | (literary) pitiable; (literary) endearing; (literary) deserving of gratitude |
| 念念有词 | niàn niàn yǒu cí | variant of 念念有詞|念念有词[nian4 nian4 you3 ci2] |
| 念念有词 | niàn niàn yǒu cí | to mumble; to mutter to oneself |
| 念经 | niàn jīng | to recite or chant Buddhist scripture |
| 念想儿 | niàn xiang r | (coll.) keepsake; memento; (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) |
| 意念 | yì niàn | idea; thought |
| 念书 | niàn shū | to read; to study; to attend school |
| 意念移物 | yì niàn yí wù | telekinesis |