想
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Han character
想 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木山心 (DUP), four-corner 46330, composition ⿱相心)
Derived characters
- 𫾋
References
- 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
| simp. and trad. | 想 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
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
From 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs, “to observe; appearance”) (“appearance > to visualise > to think”). Compare with Burmese စဉ်းစား (cany:ca:, “to think”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
想
- 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.
- 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.
- to think; to suppose; to guess; to reckon
- 我想我能給你找到合適的尺碼。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng gěi nǐ zhǎo dào héshì de chǐmǎ. [Pinyin]
- I think I can find the right size for you.
我想我能给你找到合适的尺码。 [MSC, simp.]
- 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.]
- Tā xiǎng dāng bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán. [Pinyin]
- She wants to be a ballet dancer.
她想当芭蕾舞演员。 [MSC, simp.]- 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
- to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
- 你走了我會想你的。 [MSC, trad.]
- Nǐ zǒu le wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ de. [Pinyin]
- I'll miss you when you're gone.
你走了我会想你的。 [MSC, simp.]
- to resemble
- 雲想衣裳花想容 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 李白《清平調》
- yún xiǎng yīshang huā xiǎng róng [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
云想衣裳花想容 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Usage notes
- 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
Dialectal synonyms of 想 (“to think”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 do something)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| 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, 討 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 愛 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 讓 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 欲3 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 欲3 |
| Quanzhou | 欲3 | |
| Jinjiang | 欲3 | |
| Zhangzhou | 欲3 | |
| Taipei | 欲3 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 欲3 | |
| Kaohsiung | 欲3 | |
| Yilan | 欲3 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 欲3 | |
| Taichung | 欲3 | |
| Tainan | 欲3 | |
| Hsinchu | 欲3 | |
| Kinmen | 欲3 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 欲3 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 愛 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 愛, 欲3 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 欲3, 愛 | |
| Medan (Hokkien) | 愛 | |
| Chaozhou | 愛 | |
| Shantou | 愛 | |
| Haifeng | 愛 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 愛 | |
| Wenchang | 欲3 | |
| Qionghai | 欲3 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 欲3 | |
| 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 edit |
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| 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 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 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 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 數念 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 數念 | |
| Wenchang | 想念 | |
| Wu | Ningbo | 忖 |
- (to reckon):
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Compounds
Derived terms from 想
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Further reading
- “Entry #9451”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
想
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- thought, idea, concept
Readings
- Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kan-on: しょう (shō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: そ (so, Jōyō †)
- Kun: おもい (omoi, 想い)←おもひ (omofi, historical); おもう (omou, 想う)←おもふ (omofu, historical)
Korean
Hanja
想 (eumhun 생각 상 (saenggak sang))
- Hanja form? of 상 (“idea, thought”).
Vietnamese
Han character
想: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng
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