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念
JLPT N3 SL4 8 strokes Frequency: #390

Meanings

Wish, Sense, Idea, Thought, Feeling, Desire, Attention

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱今心

Etymology

Ideographic: To keep the present 今 in mind 心

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 diagonal right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner top-left-to-bottom-right
5 dot bottom-to-top
6 hook left-to-right
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ネン nen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

224 words total
Other (20 words)
念 ねん

sense

念願 ねんがん

one's heart's desire

念頭 ねんとう

(on one's) mind

念押し ねんおし

reminder

念書 ねんしょ

written pledge

念力 ねんりき

willpower

念ずる ねんずる

to wish (for)

念写 ねんしゃ

spirit photography

念入れ ねんいれ

care

念のため ねんのため

just to make sure

念珠 ねんじゅ

rosary

念仏 ねんぶつ

nembutsu

念校 ねんこう

the very final proof (printing)

念入り ねんいり

careful

馬の耳に念仏 うまのみみにねんぶつ

preaching to the deaf

放念 ほうねん

setting one's mind at ease

方向観念 ほうこうかんねん

sense of direction

望郷の念 ぼうきょうのねん

sense of nostalgia

朴念仁 ぼくねんじん

quiet unsociable person

憶念 おくねん

(a) thought one will never forget

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