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Idea Heart Desire Clock Wizard 念 ネン Sense

Kanji
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
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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