| Kanji | 念 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ネン |
| English | wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention |
| Examples | 記念(きねん): commemoration; memory 残念(ざんねん): deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment 概念(がいねん): general idea; concept; notion 念願(ねんがん): one's heart's desire; earnest petition 観念(かんねん): (1) idea; notion; conception (2) sense (e.g. of duty) (3) resignation; preparedness; acceptance (4) observation and contemplation 念(ねん): (1) sense; idea; thought; feeling (2) desire; concern (3) attention; care 無念(むねん): (1) chagrin; regret (2) free from obstructive thoughts |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 4 |
| Frequency | 390 |
| Components | 今: now 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 心 |
| Radical Number | 61 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | wish |
| Koohii Story 1 | Someone wishing from the bottom of their heart that the clock would stop. A mid-life crisis perhaps. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Remember in the Wizard of Oz when the tin man wished for a heart and the wizard gave him that dinky little clock instead? |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade4, kanjifreq251-500
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