思 – think

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#132 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 思 means think. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おも.う、おもえら.く、おぼ.す (omou, omoeraku, obosu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	おも.う	omou
Kun’yomi	おもえら.く	omoeraku
Kun’yomi	おぼ.す	obosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・田.

Words using 思

思うおもうto think思い出すおもいだすto recall思想しそうthought意思いしintention思い出おもいでmemories思わずおもわずunconsciously不思議ふしぎwonderful思い付くおもいつくto think of思い切りおもいきりto one's heart's content思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)思いっ切りおもいっきりto one's heart's content思いっきりおもいっきりto one's heart's content思い掛けないおもいがけないunexpected思考しこうthought思い付きおもいつきidea

Example sentences

晴れだと思うよ。

I think it will be sunny.

Tatoeba #143025

状況は深刻だと思いますか。

Do you regard the situation as serious?

Tatoeba #146024

我々が思っているほどには、それほど我々は幸福でもなければ、不幸でもない。

We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑患

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