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Chinese symbol for “conceive”

构想
gòu xiǎng
Traditional: 構想
to conceive; concept

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conceive is 构想 (gòu xiǎng), defined as: to conceive; concept.

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Characters and stroke order

构 gòu
to compose, to make; building, frame, structure
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
想 xiǎng
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “conceive”

WordPinyinMeaning
受孕shòu yùnto become pregnant; to conceive
怀 (懷)huáibosom; heart
萌生méng shēngto burgeon; to produce
受胎shòu tāito become pregnant; to conceive

Related words

Other words that share a character with 构想.

WordPinyinMeaning
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
构成 (構成)gòu chéngto constitute; to form
构造 (構造)gòu zàostructure; composition
构建 (構建)gòu jiànto construct (sth abstract)
架构 (架構)jià gòuto construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture
想要xiǎng yàoto want to; to feel like
思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking

See also: Japanese symbol for “conceive”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.