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思想

sīxiǎng

thought; way of thinking

A person holding a sprout near their head
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Characters in this word

思 sī

Strokes
9
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
田 field, farm, arable land 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 思

想 xiǎng

Strokes
13
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
相 mutual, reciprocal 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他思想开放。 Tā sīxiǎng kāifàng. He has an open mind.
  • 这是新思想。 Zhè shì xīn sīxiǎng. This is a new idea.
  • 思想很重要。 Sīxiǎng hěn zhòngyào. Thinking is very important.

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