IDENTITY
思sīto think; thought
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
to think; thought
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to thinkHSK2
- 2.to missHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 心heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱田心
- the field of the mind
- heart; mind
USAGE
Common words
意思yìsimeaning
思想sīxiǎngthought
Graded examples
这个问题让我思考很久。Zhège wèntí ràng wǒ sīkǎo hěn jiǔ.HSK4
This question made me think for a long time.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 恩
LEARNING
Memory aid
The mind (心) working its field (田) — thinking.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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