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 (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: 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;
  • siang2 - literary.
  • Wu
    • 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
    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 zhǎodào 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.

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 想

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    想

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. thought, idea, concept

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    想 • (sang) (hangeul 상)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    想 (tưởng)

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