想 — kanji meaning “idea”
想
idea, thought, conception, think
- Meanings
- idea, thought, conception, think
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)、ソ (so)
- Kun'yomi
- おも.う
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #381 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- xiǎng — Chinese character page
Words with 想
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予想 | よそう yosou | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 想像 | そうぞう souzou | imagination; supposition; guess |
| 感想 | かんそう kansou | impressions; thoughts; feelings |
| 思想 | しそう shisou | thought; idea; ideology |
| 理想 | りそう risou | ideal; ideals |
| 可哀想 | かわいそう kawaisou | poor; pitiable; pathetic |
| 発想 | はっそう hassou | idea; conception |
| 構想 | こうそう kousou | plan; plot; idea |
| 想定 | そうてい soutei | hypothesis; supposition; assumption |
| 幻想 | げんそう gensou | fantasy; illusion; vision |
| 妄想 | もうそう mousou | delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy |
| 連想 | れんそう rensou | association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion |
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