Onyomi: ソ, ソウ · Kunyomi: おも.う · Meanings: concept, idea, think, thought
Kanji for concept, idea, think, thought
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想 is made from 木, meaning “tree,” and 心, meaning “heart” or “mind.” It shows the mind focusing on something, like thinking deeply under a tree. From this idea of the heart and mind working together, 想 came to mean to think, imagine, or have a thought.
Your heart and mind focus on an idea. That act of thinking is 想.
Imagine sitting under a tree, thinking quietly. That thinking is 想.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 想 | そう | conception, idea, thought | Noun |
| 思う | おもう | to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 想像 | そうぞう | imagination, supposition, guess | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 思い出 | おもいで | memories, recollections, reminiscence | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 想像力 | そうぞうりょく | (power of) imagination | common Noun |
| 思い | おもい | thought | common Noun |
| 想定 | そうてい | hypothesis, supposition, assumption, expectation, anticipation | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 思い描く | おもいえがく | to imagine, to picture, to figure, to see | common Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb |
| 想像上 | そうぞうじょう | imaginary | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 想起 | そうき | remembering, recollection, calling to mind | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |