想

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想 U+60F3, 想
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60F3
← 惲
[U+60F2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 惴 →
[U+60F4]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
13 strokes
Stroke order
想-order.gif

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 想

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (相) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
相 *slaŋ, *slaŋs
廂 *slaŋ
湘 *slaŋ
緗 *slaŋ
箱 *slaŋ
葙 *slaŋ
想 *slaŋʔ
霜 *sraŋ
孀 *sraŋ
鸘 *sraŋ
驦 *sraŋ

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

Etymology[edit]

From 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs, “to observe; appearance”) (“appearance > to visualise > to think”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • siūⁿ/siǔⁿ/siōⁿ - vernacular;
  • sióng/siáng - literary.
Note:
  • siên6/sion6 - vernacular (siên6 - Chaozhou);
  • siang2 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 想
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 陽 (105)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 息兩切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/sɨɐŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/siɐŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/siɑŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/sɨaŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/siaŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/sĭaŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/si̯aŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xiǎng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		soeng2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 想
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xiǎng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sjangX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s]aŋʔ/
    English think

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 想
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13585
    Phonetic
    component         		相
    Rime
    group         		陽
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		想
    Old
    Chinese         		/*slaŋʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    想

    1. to think (to conceive of something or someone)
      你想多了吧！  ―  Nǐ xiǎng duō le ba!  ―  You've overthought this!; You've read too much into this!
      我想她是衰老了。  ―  Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le.  ―  I think she's going senile.
    2. to think about; to plan; to be considering
      我想在暑假打工。  ―  Wǒ xiǎng zài shǔjià dǎgōng.  ―  I'm planning to get a job for the summer.
    3. to think; to suppose; to guess; to reckon
      我想我能給你找到合適的尺碼。 [MSC, trad.]
      我想我能给你找到合适的尺码。 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng gěi nǐ zhǎo dào héshì de chǐmǎ. [Pinyin]
      I think I can find the right size for you.
    4. to want; to wish for; to desire
      還想喝一杯嗎？ / 还想喝一杯吗？  ―  Hái xiǎng hē yī bēi ma?  ―  Would you like another drink?
      她想當芭蕾舞演員。 [MSC, trad.]
      她想当芭蕾舞演员。 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā xiǎng dāng bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán. [Pinyin]
      She wants to be a ballet dancer.
      我很想睡。  ―  Wǒ hěn xiǎng shuì.  ―  I'm really sleepy (lit. I really want to sleep.)
      睇到唔想睇 [Cantonese]  ―  tai2 dou3 m4 soeng2 tai2 [Jyutping]  ―  watched so much that one doesn't want to watch any more
    5. to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
      你走了我會想你的。 [MSC, trad.]
      你走了我会想你的。 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ zǒu le wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ de. [Pinyin]
      I'll miss you when you're gone.
    6. to resemble
      雲想衣裳花想容 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      云想衣裳花想容 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
      From: 李白《清平調》
      yún xiǎng yīshang huā xiǎng róng [Pinyin]
      (please add an English translation of this example)

    Usage notes[edit]

    • In the sense of want or desire, 想 (xiǎng) is also used as would like. It also appears together with 要 (yào) as 想要 (xiǎngyào) to mean "would like".

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 想 (“to think”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 想
    Mandarin Beijing 想
    Taiwan 想
    Jinan 想
    Xi'an 想
    Wuhan 想
    Chengdu 想
    Yangzhou 想
    Hefei 想
    Malaysia 想
    Singapore 想
    Cantonese Guangzhou 諗
    Hong Kong 諗
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 諗
    Taishan 諗
    Kaiping (Chikan) 諗
    Dongguan 諗
    Yangjiang 諗
    Nanning 諗
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 諗
    Penang (Guangfu) 諗
    Singapore (Guangfu) 諗
    Gan Nanchang 想
    Hakka Meixian 想, 愐
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 想
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 想, 愐
    Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 想, 愐
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 想, 愐
    Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 想, 愐
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 想, 愐
    Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 想
    Jin Taiyuan 想
    Min Bei Jian'ou 想
    Min Dong Fuzhou 想
    Min Nan Xiamen 想
    Quanzhou 想
    Zhangzhou 想
    Taipei 想
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 想
    Kaohsiung 想
    Yilan 想
    Changhua (Lukang) 想
    Taichung 想
    Tainan 想
    Hsinchu 想
    Kinmen 想
    Penghu (Magong) 想
    Penang (Hokkien) 想
    Singapore (Hokkien) 想
    Manila (Hokkien) 想
    Chaozhou 想
    Shantou 想
    Singapore (Teochew) 想
    Wenchang 想
    Wu Suzhou 想
    Ningbo 忖
    Wenzhou 想
    Xiang Changsha 想
    Shuangfeng 想
    Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to want to”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 欲1
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 要, 欲1
    Mandarin Beijing 要
    Taiwan 要, 想
    Jinan 要
    Xi'an 要
    Wuhan 要
    Chengdu 要
    Yangzhou 要
    Hefei 要
    Malaysia 要
    Singapore 要
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 要
    Cantonese Guangzhou 要, 想
    Hong Kong 要, 想
    Yangjiang 愛
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 要, 想, 愛
    Singapore (Guangfu) 要, 想
    Gan Nanchang 要
    Hakka Meixian 愛
    Wuhua (Meilin) 愛
    Zijin 愛
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 愛
    Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 愛
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 愛
    Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 愛
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 愛
    Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 愛
    Kuching (Hepo) 愛
    Jin Taiyuan 要
    Min Bei Jian'ou 讓
    Min Dong Fuzhou 欲2
    Min Nan Xiamen 欲2
    Quanzhou 欲2
    Jinjiang 欲2
    Zhangzhou 欲2
    Taipei 欲2
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 欲2
    Kaohsiung 欲2
    Yilan 欲2
    Changhua (Lukang) 欲2
    Taichung 欲2
    Tainan 欲2
    Hsinchu 欲2
    Kinmen 欲2
    Penghu (Magong) 欲2
    Penang (Hokkien) 愛
    Singapore (Hokkien) 愛, 欲2
    Manila (Hokkien) 欲2, 愛
    Medan (Hokkien) 愛
    Chaozhou 愛
    Shantou 愛
    Haifeng 愛
    Singapore (Teochew) 愛
    Wenchang 欲2
    Qionghai 欲2
    Singapore (Hainanese) 欲2
    Wu Shanghai 要
    Suzhou 要
    Wenzhou 愛
    Xiang Changsha 要
    Shuangfeng 要
    Dialectal synonyms of 想念 (“to miss; to think of; to yearn for”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念
    Mandarin Taiwan 想念, 想
    Singapore 想念, 想
    Cantonese Guangzhou 掛住, 掛望
    Hong Kong 掛住
    Min Nan Xiamen 數念, 心念
    Quanzhou 數念, 心念
    Zhangzhou 數念, 心念
    Tainan 想, 數念, 思念
    Penang (Hokkien) 數念
    Manila (Hokkien) 數念
    Wenchang 想念
    Wu Ningbo 忖
    • (to reckon):
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    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 想

    Further reading[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    想

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. thought, idea, concept

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    想 (eumhun 생각 상 (saenggak sang))

    1. Hanja form? of 상 (“idea, thought”).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    想: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng

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