想
to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #560 U+60F3
How 想 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “mind”) + 相 (phonetic, xiāng)
How to remember it
think · Heisig RSH #573
相 one another + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 相
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 相 (xiāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相 sound component | xiāng | mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other |
| 箱 | xiāng | box, case; chest, trunk |
| 霜 | shuāng | frost; frozen, crystallized, candied |
| 湘 | xiāng | Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river |
| 厢 | xiāng | side-room, wing; theatre box |
| 葙 | xiāng | feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea |
| 缃 | xiāng | light-yellow color |
Words containing 想
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心想事成 | xīn xiǎng shì chéng | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! |
| 理想主义 | lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì | idealism |
| 想不开 | xiǎng bu kāi | cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be dep… |
| 理想国 | Lǐ xiǎng guó | Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC) |
| 理想国 | lǐ xiǎng guó | ideal state; utopia |
| 想不通 | xiǎng bu tōng | unable to understand; unable to get over |
| 理想化 | lǐ xiǎng huà | to idealize |
| 空想社会主义 | kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì | utopian socialism |
| 空想家 | kōng xiǎng jiā | impractical dreamer |
| 非分之想 | fēi fèn zhī xiǎng | (idiom) a presumptuous desire; an aspiration beyond one's reach |
| 远大理想 | yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng | lofty ideal |
| 想当然尔 | xiǎng dāng rán ěr | to take sth as given; to assume; as one would expect; naturally |
| 想得开 | xiǎng de kāi | to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective;… |
| 异想天开 | yì xiǎng tiān kāi | (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy |
| 主体思想 | Zhǔ tǐ Sī xiǎng | Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence) |
| 想得美 | xiǎng de měi | to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer! |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 意想不到 | yì xiǎng bù dào | unexpected; previously unimagined |
| 想头 | xiǎng tou | (coll.) idea; hope |
| 心想 | xīn xiǎng | to think to oneself; to think |