xiǎng

to think (about)

to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

sound (相) + heart (心) = to think, desire, or miss

心 anchors the meaning: thinking and longing both live in the heart-mind. 相 mainly lends the sound xiǎng and does not carry a separate semantic story here.

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Words with 想

哥德巴赫猜想

gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng

the Goldbach conjecture in number theory

想睡

xiǎng shuì

drowsy

遐想

xiá xiǎng

reverie

遥想

yáo xiǎng

to think about (the distant past or future)

远大理想

yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng

lofty ideal

随想

suí xiǎng

random thoughts

随想曲

suí xiǎng qǔ

(music) capriccio

预想

yù xiǎng

to anticipate; to expect

默想

mò xiǎng

silent contemplation

不堪设想

bù kān shè xiǎng

too horrible to contemplate

不想

bù xiǎng

unexpectedly; to one's surprise

主体思想

zhǔ tǐ sī xiǎng

Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)

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