Chinese symbol for “thinking”
思维
sī wéi
Traditional: 思維
(line of) thought; thinking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thinking is 思维 (sī wéi), defined as: (line of) thought; thinking.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thinking”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心机 (心機) | xīn jī | thinking; scheme |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 觉 (覺) | jué | to feel; to find that |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 思维.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on; to ponder over |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting; meaningful |
| 反思 | fǎn sī | to think back over sth; to review |
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thinking”.
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.