Chinese symbol for “thoughtfully”

若有所思

ruò yǒu suǒ sī

(idiom) looking pensive; thoughtfully

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoughtfully is 若有所思 (ruò yǒu suǒ sī), defined as: (idiom) looking pensive; thoughtfully.

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Characters and stroke order

若 ruò

if, supposing, assuming; similar

radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

有 yǒu

to have, to own, to possess; to exist

radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes

所 suǒ

place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

思 sī

to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle

radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 若有所思.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
若干	ruò gān	a certain number or amount; how many?
倘若	tǎng ruò	if; supposing; in case
假若	jiǎ ruò	if; supposing
若非	ruò fēi	were it not for; if not for
若无其事 (若無其事)	ruò wú qí shì	(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant
般若	bō rě	(Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā)
没有 (沒有)	méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't
所有	suǒ yǒu	all; to have; to possess; to own
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result
意思	yì si	idea; opinion

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.