IDENTITY
想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
HSK 1Top 24
CORE MEANING
to think; to want; to miss
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to want; would likeHSK1
- 2.to miss (someone)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 心heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱相心
- gives the sound xiǎng
- heart; thinking and missing happen in the heart
USAGE
Common words
想法xiǎngfǎidea
思想sīxiǎngthought
理想lǐxiǎngideal
Graded examples
我想去中国。Wǒ xiǎng qù Zhōngguó.HSK1
I want to go to China.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 相
LEARNING
Memory aid
Looking at each other (相) with your heart (心) — missing and thinking.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #24
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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