# 想

| 想 | U+60F3, &#24819; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60F3 |
| ← 惲 [U+60F2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 惴 → [U+60F4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

想 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木山心 (DUP), four-corner 4633$_0$, composition ⿱相心)

#### Derived characters

* 𫾋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 392, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10858
* Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2320, character 11
* Unihan data for U+60F3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 相 | *slaŋ, *slaŋs |
| 廂 | *slaŋ |
| 湘 | *slaŋ |
| 緗 | *slaŋ |
| 箱 | *slaŋ |
| 葙 | *slaŋ |
| 想 | *slaŋʔ |
| 霜 | *sraŋ |
| 孀 | *sraŋ |
| 鸘 | *sraŋ |
| 驦 | *sraŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slaŋʔ): phonetic 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs) + semantic 心 (“heart, mind”) – to think, to consider. The phonetic component has a reference as well to the act of thinking, hence "visualizing" in one's own mind.

### Etymology

From 相 (OC *slaŋ, *slaŋs, “to observe; appearance”) (“appearance > to visualise > to think”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): xiàng
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щён (xi͡on, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): soeng$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): soeng$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiang$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sióng
    (Hailu, HRS): siong$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xion$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): siǒng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syong$^3$ / syeng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siūⁿ / siǔⁿ / siōⁿ / siāuⁿ / sióng / siáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siên$^6$ / sion$^6$ / siang$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xio$^6$ / xiang$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sliang$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$shian / $^3$sian / $^3$shian
** (Jinhua): $^3$siaon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sian$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^3$
*** Yale: syǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiang$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiang
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiaŋ⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: xiàng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiaŋ⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щён (xi͡on, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^2$
*** Yale: séung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: soeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /søŋ³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhiang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiaŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɔŋ²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: siong$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /sioŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɔŋ³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xion$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /siɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siōng
*** Sinological IPA : /suoŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syong$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siô̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /siũ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /siũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǔⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siǔnn
*** IPA (Lukang, Philippines): /siũ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Medan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siōnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svioi
*** IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃²²/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: siāunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sviau
*** IPA (Penang): /siãu²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng
*** Tâi-lô: sióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siorng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng
*** Tâi-lô: siáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁵³/
* siūⁿ/siǔⁿ/siōⁿ - vernacular;
* sióng/siáng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: sjangX
Rime :
| Character | 想 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息兩切 |
| Baxter | sjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | soeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 想 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]aŋʔ/ |
| English | think |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 想 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13585 |
| Phonetic component | 相 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 想 |
| Old Chinese | /*slaŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

想
* to think (to conceive of something or someone)
    你想多了吧！ ― Nǐ xiǎng duō le ba! ― You've overthought this!; You've read too much into this!
       Wǒ xiǎng tā shì shuāilǎo le. [Pinyin]
       I think she's going senile.
* to think about; to plan; to be considering
       Wǒ xiǎng zài shǔjià dǎgōng. [Pinyin]
       I'm planning to get a job for the summer.
* to think; to suppose; to guess; to reckon
       Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng gěi nǐ zhǎo dào héshì de chǐmǎ. [Pinyin]
       I think I can find the right size for you.
* to want; to wish for; to desire
    還想喝一杯嗎？／还想喝一杯吗？ ― Hái xiǎng hē yī bēi ma? ― Would you like another drink?
       Tā xiǎng dāng bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán. [Pinyin]
       She wants to be a ballet dancer.
    我很想睡。 ― Wǒ hěn xiǎng shuì. ― I'm really sleepy (lit. I really want to sleep.)
    睇到唔想睇 [Cantonese] ― tai$^2$ dou$^3$ m$^4$ soeng$^2$ tai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― watched so much that one doesn't want to watch any more
* to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
       Nǐ zǒu le wǒ huì xiǎng nǐ de. [Pinyin]
       I'll miss you when you're gone.
* to resemble
       From: 李白《清平調》
       yún xiǎng yīshang huā xiǎng róng [Pinyin]
       Clouds look like her clothes, flowers look like her face.
* (Hinduism, Buddhism) sanskara

#### Usage notes

* In the sense of want or desire, 想 (xiǎng) is also used as would like. It also appears together with 要 (yào) as 想要 (xiǎngyào) to mean "would like".

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 想 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 想 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 想 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 想 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 想 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 想 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 想 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 想 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 諗 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 諗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 想 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 想 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 想, 愐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 想 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 愐 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 愐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 想 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 想 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 想 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 想 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 想 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 想 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 想 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 想 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 想 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 想 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 想 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 想 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 想 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 想 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 想 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 想 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 想 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 想 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 算 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 算 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 想 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 想 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 想 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 想 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 想 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 惀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 忖, 惀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 想 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 想, 忖 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 想 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 想 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 欲$_1$ |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 要, 欲$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 要, 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 要 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 要, 想 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 要, 想 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 愛 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 愛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 要, 想, 愛 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 要, 想 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 要 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 愛 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 愛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 愛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 愛, 討 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 愛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 讓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 愛, 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 欲$_3$, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 愛 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 欲$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 欲$_3$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 要 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 要 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 愛 |
| Wu | Lishui | 樂 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 要 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 要 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 想念, 思念, 掛念, 惦念, 懷念 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 想念, 想 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 想念, 想 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 算 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 掛住, 掛望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 掛住 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 掛住 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 數念, 心念 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 數念 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 數念, 心念 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 數念, 心念 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 想, 數念, 思念 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 數念 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 數念 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 數念 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 思念 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 想念 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 算, 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 算, 念, 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 算, 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 算, 干掛 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 算, 干掛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 想, 牽記, 想念 somewhat literary |
| Wu | Suzhou | 牽記 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 忖 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 想, 忖 |
* (to reckon):
* 丕叫是 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 丕講是 / 丕讲是 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 以為 / 以为 (yǐwéi) (formal or literary)
* 感覺 / 感觉 (gǎnjué)
* 想說 / 想说 (Hokkien)
* 想講 / 想讲 (Hokkien)
* 打量 (informal)
* 掠做 (Hokkien)
* 掠準 / 掠准 (Hokkien)
* 覺得 / 觉得
* 覺著 / 觉着 (juézhe) (colloquial)
* 試到 / 试到 (Hakka)
* 試著 / 试著 (Hakka)
* 認代 / 认代 (Hokkien)
* 認為 / 认为 (rènwéi)

### Compounds

* 不堪設想 / 不堪设想 (bùkānshèxiǎng)
* 不想 (bùxiǎng)
* 中心思想 (zhōngxīn sīxiǎng)
* 伏想
* 休想 (xiūxiǎng)
* 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
* 假想敵 / 假想敌 (jiǎxiǎngdí)
* 傾想 / 倾想
* 儘想 / 尽想
* 冥思苦想 (míngsīkǔxiǎng)
* 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
* 凝想
* 前思後想 / 前思后想
* 千思萬想 / 千思万想
* 可想而知 (kěxiǎng'érzhī)
* 呆想
* 回想 (huíxiǎng)
* 夢勞魂想 / 梦劳魂想
* 夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
* 夢想成真 / 梦想成真 (mèngxiǎngchéngzhēn)
* 奇想 (qíxiǎng)
* 妄想 (wàngxiǎng)
* 妄想症 (wàngxiǎngzhèng)
* 妙想
* 封建思想
* 少年袂曉想，食老毋成樣 / 少年袂晓想，食老毋成样 (siàu-liân bē-hiáu siūⁿ, chia̍h-lāu m̄-chiâⁿ-iūⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 左思右想 (zuǒsīyòuxiǎng)
* 巴想
* 幻想 (huànxiǎng)
* 幻想力
* 幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
* 幻想派
* 心想事成 (xīnxiǎngshìchéng)
* 心無二想 / 心无二想
* 思前想後 / 思前想后 (sīqiánxiǎnghòu)
* 思想 (sīxiǎng)
* 思想史 (sīxiǎngshǐ)
* 思想家 (sīxiǎngjiā)
* 思想庫 / 思想库 (sīxiǎngkù)
* 思想戰 / 思想战
* 悁想
* 想一想
* 想不到 (xiǎngbùdào)
* 想不透
* 想不通 (xiǎngbùtōng)
* 想不開 / 想不开 (xiǎngbùkāi)
* 想來 / 想来 (xiǎnglái)
* 想來想去 / 想来想去
* 想像 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 想像力 (xiǎngxiànglì)
* 想像 / 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 想像 / 想象力 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 想入非非 (xiǎngrùfēifēi)
* 想到 (xiǎngdào)
* 想前顧後 / 想前顾后
* 想家 (xiǎngjiā)
* 想度
* 想得美 (xiǎngdeměi)
* 想得開 / 想得开 (xiǎngdekāi)
* 想必 (xiǎngbì)
* 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
* 意想 (yìxiǎng)
* 慨想
* 感想 (gǎnxiǎng)
* 意想不到 (yìxiǎngbùdào)
* 想慕
* 想方設法 / 想方设法 (xiǎngfāngshèfǎ)
* 想望 (xiǎngwàng)
* 想法
* 想法子
* 想當然 / 想当然 (xiǎngdāngrán)
* 想當然耳 / 想当然耳
* 想碴兒 / 想碴儿
* 想要 (xiǎngyào)
* 想見 / 想见 (xiǎngjiàn)
* 想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
* 想起來 / 想起来
* 想通 (xiǎngtōng)
* 想開 / 想开 (xiǎngkāi)
* 想頭 / 想头 (xiǎngtou)
* 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
* 懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
* 戰略思想 / 战略思想
* 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
* 揣想
* 摹想
* 數想 / 数想 (siàu-siūⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
* 暗想 (ànxiǎng)
* 暢想 / 畅想 (chàngxiǎng)
* 暮想朝思
* 有想頭 / 有想头
* 朝思夕想
* 朝思暮想 (zhāosīmùxiǎng)
* 東想西想 / 东想西想
* 構想 / 构想 (gòuxiǎng)
* 沒心想 / 没心想
* 沒心沒想 / 没心没想
* 沒想到 / 没想到 (méixiǎngdào)
* 沒想頭 / 没想头
* 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
* 涉想 (shèxiǎng)
* 浮想聯翩 / 浮想联翩
* 渴想 (kěxiǎng)
* 濠濮間想 / 濠濮间想
* 無想頭 / 无想头
* 煩想 / 烦想
* 狂想
* 狂想曲 (kuángxiǎngqǔ)
* 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
* 獃想 / 呆想
* 玄想
* 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
* 理想主義 / 理想主义 (lǐxiǎng zhǔyì)
* 理想化 (lǐxiǎnghuà)
* 理想國 / 理想国
* 異想天開 / 异想天开 (yìxiǎngtiānkāi)
* 痴心妄想 (chīxīnwàngxiǎng)
* 痴想 (chīxiǎng)
* 白想想
* 眠思夢想 / 眠思梦想
* 瞎想
* 瞑想 (míngxiǎng)
* 神仙思想
* 空想 (kōngxiǎng)
* 突發奇想 / 突发奇想 (tūfāqíxiǎng)
* 緬想 / 缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
* 老莊思想 / 老庄思想
* 聯想 / 联想 (liánxiǎng)
* 聯想力 / 联想力
* 胡思亂想 / 胡思乱想 (húsīluànxiǎng)
* 胡想
* 臆想幣 / 臆想币
* 苦思惡想 / 苦思恶想
* 茶思飯想 / 茶思饭想
* 著想 / 着想
* 行思坐想
* 觀想念佛 / 观想念佛
* 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
* 試想 / 试想 (shìxiǎng)
* 貪心妄想 / 贪心妄想
* 退一步想
* 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
* 逸想
* 遐想 (xiáxiǎng)
* 難以想像 / 难以想像
* 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng)
* 預想 / 预想 (yùxiǎng)
* 默想 (mòxiǎng)

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: tưởng (想)

### Further reading

* “想”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “想”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 518.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* thought, idea, concept

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan’yō-on: そ (so, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kun: おもい (omoi, 想い)、おもう (omou, 想う)

## Korean
### Hanja

想 (eumhun 생각 상 (saenggak sang))
* hanja form of 상 (“idea, thought”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

想: Hán Nôm readings: tưởng
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.