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The kanji 想: meaning, readings and stroke order

想

Meaning
think, imagine
On reading
ソウ sou、ソ* so
Kun reading
—
Strokes
13
Radical
心 heart
Level
Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Stroke order of 想, 13 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
nghĩ, tưởng tượng (tưởng)
Japanese
おもう。おもいうかべる。
Korean
생각하다, 떠올리다 (상)
Chinese
想、想象

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 想 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 想 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.