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想念

xiǎngniàn

to miss someone

A person hugging a portrait
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Characters in this word

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

念 niàn

Strokes
8
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
今 modern, current 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我很想念你。 Wǒ hěn xiǎngniàn nǐ. I miss you very much.
  • 她想念妈妈。 Tā xiǎngniàn māma. She misses her mother.
  • 他想念家乡。 Tā xiǎngniàn jiāxiāng. He misses his hometown.

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