The kanji 念: meaning, readings and stroke order

念

Meaning: thought, keep in mind
On reading: ネン nen
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ý nghĩ, ghi nhớ (niệm)
Japanese: こころのおもい。わすれずにおもう。
Korean: 생각, 잊지 않다 (념·염)
Chinese: 念头、惦记

Readings, words and example sentences

ネン nen · on reading

記き念ねん
memory of a special day
記き念ねんの写真をとります。
We take a photo to remember the day.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.