想

concept, idea, think, thought

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おも.う

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:13

JLPT:N3

Frequency:381

Vocabulary

ソ

Word	Reading	Meaning
愛想	アイソ	amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability; fondness (of someone); affection; liking; compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery; hospitality; special treatment; entertainment; bill (at a restaurant); check
無愛想	ブアイソ	unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold; brusque

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
仮想	カソウ	imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
回想	カイソウ	recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
感想	カンソウ	impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
空想	クウソウ	daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
幻想	ゲンソウ	fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
発想	はっそう	idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
想い	おもい	thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience
想い出	おもいで	memories; recollections; reminiscence
想う	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
片想い	かたおもい	unrequited love; one-sided love

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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hundred million, 10**8