Chinese symbol for “envisage”
设想
shè xiǎng
Traditional: 設想
to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for envisage is 设想 (shè xiǎng), defined as: to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 设想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 设计 (設計) | shè jì | to design; to plan; design; plan |
| 设备 (設備) | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 设置 (設置) | shè zhì | to set up; to install |
| 设施 (設施) | shè shī | facilities; installation |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
See also: Japanese symbol for “envisage”.
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.