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念 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「心」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「心」
On
ネンねん · nen
Kun
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Meaning
thought, wish, concern

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 心 (heart) plus 今 as the sound part; to always hold in mind, hence 'thought, wish'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onネンねんnen念願ねんがん信念しんねん断念だんねん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 記念きねん

    commemoration

  • 残念ざんねん

    regret, too bad

More words with this kanji

  • 丹念たんねん
  • 概念がいねん
  • 記念碑きねんひ
  • 懸念けねん
  • 怨念おんねん
  • 軫念しんねん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

卒業(そつぎょう)の記念(きねん)に写真(しゃしん)をとった。

We took a photo to commemorate our graduation.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

残念記念念残remain記to rec…必certai…愛love心heart応to res…忘to for…然so年year拈to twi…捻twist粘sticky
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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