1. 想
  2. 念

想

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Meta:

  1. 想 is the 99th most frequent character.
  2. 想 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 想 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 想 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
想 => 相, 心
Radical :
想 => 木 (tree), 目 (eye), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
想 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 二, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang3 - to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

想 

Medium Frequency

梦想 (夢想)
幻想 
心想 
思想 
想到 
想念 
想想 
想法 
想要 
想象 
想起 
理想 

念

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Meta:

  1. 念 is the 477th most frequent character.
  2. 念 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 念 appears as a character in 54 words.
  4. 念 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
念 => 今, 心
Radical :
念 => 人 (human), 丶 (dot), ㇇ (N/A), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
念 => 人, 丶, ㇇, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. nian4 - to read/to study (a degree course)/to read aloud/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 念 (nian4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'dian3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

念 
思念 
想念 
怀念 (懷念)

Medium Frequency

信念 
念叨 
念念不忘 
念头 (念頭)
悬念 (懸念)
挂念 (掛念)
概念 
理念 
留念 
纪念 (紀念)
纪念日 (紀念日)
观念 (觀念)
默念 

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念 also appears in:
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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