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Chinese symbol for “conception”

想像力
xiǎng xiàng lì
conception; imagination

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conception is 想像力 (xiǎng xiàng lì), defined as: conception; imagination.

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Characters and stroke order

想 xiǎng
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
像 xiàng
picture, image, figure; to resemble
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “conception”

WordPinyinMeaning
构思 (構思)gòu sīto design; to plot

Related words

Other words that share a character with 想像力.

WordPinyinMeaning
想要xiǎng yàoto want to; to feel like
思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking
不想bù xiǎngunexpectedly; to one's surprise
想到xiǎng dàoto think of; to call to mind
想法xiǎng fǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
梦想 (夢想)mèng xiǎng(fig.) to dream of; dream
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
图像 (圖像)tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic
能力néng lìcapability; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “conception”.

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.