念 — kanji meaning “wish”
念
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- Meanings
- wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- On'yomi
- ネン (nen)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #390 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- niàn — Chinese character page
Words with 念
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 記念 | きねん kinen | commemoration; celebration; remembrance |
| 残念 | ざんねん zannen | regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing |
| 概念 | がいねん gainen | general idea; concept; notion |
| 懸念 | けねん kenen | worry; fear; anxiety |
| 理念 | りねん rinen | (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea |
| 信念 | しんねん shinnen | belief; faith; conviction |
| 断念 | だんねん dannen | abandoning (hope, plans); giving up |
| 念願 | ねんがん nengan | one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish |
| 観念 | かんねん kannen | idea; notion; concept |
| 念頭 | ねんとう nentou | (on one's) mind; heed |
| 執念 | しゅうねん shuunen | tenacity; persistence; obsession |
| 専念 | せんねん sennen | absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to) |
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