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
思考
sīkǎo
to think deeply
Characters in this word
考 kǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 耂 — old, aged
- Made of
- 耂 old, aged 丂 breath
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我在思考。 Wǒ zài sī kǎo. I am thinking.
- 他爱思考。 Tā ài sī kǎo. He likes to think.
- 请先思考。 Qǐng xiān sī kǎo. Please think first.
Related words
- 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi sorry; embarrassed
- 意思 yìsi meaning
- 有意思 yǒuyìsi interesting
- 思想 sīxiǎng thought; way of thinking
- 思维 sīwéi thinking
- 考 kǎo to test, to take an exam
- 考试 kǎoshì exam; to take an exam
- 考生 kǎoshēng exam candidate
- 考验 kǎoyàn test; to test
- 参考 cānkǎo to refer to
- 考察 kǎochá to inspect; to study
- 考虑 kǎolǜ to consider