想

See also: xiang

Translingual

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 相 + semantic 心 (“heart, mind”) – to think, to consider.

Han character

想 (radical 61 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木山心 (DUP), four-corner 4633₀, composition ⿱相心)

1. think, speculate, plan, consider

References

• KangXi: page 392, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10858
• Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2320, character 11
• Unihan data for U+60F3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

想 (Jyutping soeng2, Yale seung2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

想 (POJ síong (siong²), Hagfa Pinyim xiong3)

References

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

想

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō), そ (so)
• Kun: おもう (omou), おもい (omoi)

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Korean

Hanja

想 (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune-Reischauer sang, Yale sang)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

想 (Pinyin xiǎng (xiang3), Wade-Giles hsiang³)

1. think (to conceive of something or someone)
2. think (to plan, to be considering)
3. think (to guess, to reckon)
4. want (to wish for or desire)
5. miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)

Compounds

想必 想不到 想不开、想不開 想当然、想當然 想得开、想得開 想得美 想到 想法 想方设法、想方設法 想家 想开、想開 想来、想來 想念

想起 想起来、想起來 想入非非 想睡 想通 想望 想象 想象力 想像 想像力 想要 猜想

感想 构想、構想 幻想 回想 空想 理想 梦想、夢想 瞑想 思前想后、思前想後 妄想 心想事成 意想

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Vietnamese

Han character

想 (tưởng)