Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
心 (シン, こころ, -ごころ, りっしんべん) – heart; mind; spirit
攸 (ユウ, ところ) – distant, far; adverbial prefix; relaxed; at ease; place
田 (た) – rice field

Henshall Mnemonic: always thinking of one's field in one's heart

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #132 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 思い出す   [おもいだす]
  (v5s) to recall; to remember   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思う   [おもう]
  (v5u) to think; to feel   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 意思   [いし]
  (n) intention; purpose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い出   [おもいで]
  (n) memories; recollections; reminiscence   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 不思議   [ふしぎ]
  (adj-na,n) wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思わず   [おもわず]
  (adv) unintentional; spontaneous   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思想   [しそう]
  (n) thought; idea; ideology   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 思い込む   [おもいこむ]
  (v5m) to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い切り   [おもいきり]
  (adv,n) with all one's strength (heart); resignation; resolution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い付く   [おもいつく]
  (v5k) to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 思い付き   [おもいつき]
  (n) plan; idea; suggestion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 片思い   [かたおもい]
  (n) unrequited love   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思考   [しこう]
  (n) thought   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 意思決定   [いしけってい]
  (n) decision-making   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 意思表示   [いしひょうじ]
  (n) declaration of intention   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い   [おもい]
  (n) thought; mind; heart; feelings; emotion; sentiment; love; affection; desire; wish; hope; expectation; imagination; experience   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思いがけない   [おもいがけない]
  (adj) unexpected; casual   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思いとどまる   [おもいとどまる]
  (v5r) to give up (a plan or idea or idea); to desist from (doing)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思いやり   [おもいやり]
  (n) consideration; sympathy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い起こす   [おもいおこす]
  (v5s) to recall; to remember   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い思い   [おもいおもい]
  (adv) just as one likes; as one pleases   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い上がる   [おもいあがる]
  (v5r) to be conceited   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い切って   [おもいきって]
  (adv) resolutely   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い切る   [おもいきる]
  (v5r) to resign to fate; to despair   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い直す   [おもいなおす]
  (v5s,vt) to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思い当たる   [おもいあたる]
  (v5r) to come to mind; to recall; to think of   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思う存分   [おもうぞんぶん]
  (adv) to one's heart's content   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思わく   [おもわく]
  (n) expectation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思案   [しあん]
  (n,vs) thought; consideration; meditation; ponder   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思索   [しさく]
  (n) speculation; thinking; meditation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思春期   [ししゅんき]
  (n) puberty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思慕   [しぼ]
  (n) yearning; deep affection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 思惑   [おもわく]
  (n) expectation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 思 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.