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Chinese symbol for “thoughtfulness”

善思
shàn sī
thoughtfulness; wholesome thinking (Buddhism)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoughtfulness is 善思 (shàn sī), defined as: thoughtfulness; wholesome thinking (Buddhism).

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Characters and stroke order

善 shàn
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 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 善思.

WordPinyinMeaning
改善gǎi shànto make better; to improve
完善wán shàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed
慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable
善于 (善於)shàn yúto be good at; to be adept at
善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted
友善yǒu shànfriendly
意思yì siidea; opinion
思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking

See also: Japanese symbol for “thoughtfulness”.

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.