念 – wish, sense, idea

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#390 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 念 means wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネン (nen). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ネン	nen

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: ｜・一・心・个.

Words using 念

残念ざんねんregrettable記念きねんcommemoration観念かんねんidea念ねんsense念願ねんがんone's heart's desire概念がいねんgeneral idea無念むねんregret

Example sentences

お伺いできないのが残念です。

I regret to say I can't come.

Tatoeba #227123

今日の式典は、わが校の100周年を記念するものです。

Today's ceremony marks the 100th anniversary of our school.

Tatoeba #171899

アメリカ旅行のよい記念になります。

This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.

Tatoeba #230087

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想悪憲愛惑患

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