想 — Chinese character
想
xiǎng
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
- Pinyin
- xiǎng
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 相 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mind; meaning component 心; sound component 相
- Japanese
- 想 as a kanji
Common words with 想
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of; to call to mind |
| 想法 | xiǎng fǎ | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) |
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of; dream |
| 理想 | lǐ xiǎng | an ideal; a dream |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall; to think of |
| 想象 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision; imagination |
| 幻想 | huàn xiǎng | to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy |
| 没想到 (沒想到) | méi xiǎng dào | didn't expect |
| 想像 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision; imagination |
English words written with 想
- think
- thought
- imagine
- ideal
- inspiration
- recall
- imagination
- presumably
- conception
- impressions
- unexpectedly
- reflections
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.