# 想 idea/imagination

相 (partner) + (bottomheart)
★★★★☆
13 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

SOU |

## Mnemonic

| Imagine a partner whose heart was the same as yours! it is SO romantic!

## Jukugo

想像(そうぞう) する | imagine ★★★☆☆ 想 (idea/imagination) + 像 (statue / image) = 想像 (imagine) imagine. (imaginative： そうぞうてきな)
感想(かんそう) する | impression ★☆☆☆☆ 感 (feeling) + 想 (idea/imagination) = 感想 (impression) an impression of something. (like 印象, but you'd never use 感想 to mean 'first impression') 感想 includes both a factual summary of the thing as well as one's opinion of it . . .Often used in the phrase　感想文：かんそうぶん： a high-school book report.
連想(れんそうする) する | mental association ☆☆☆☆☆ 連 (take with / inform of) + 想 (idea/imagination) = 連想 (mental association) to mentally associate XXX with YYY. Like your psychologist says, "Let's play a word-association game." "Manteca" "Yo Mama."

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
題 | topic | DAY | 日
類 | category,type | BIG | 大
数 | integer, to count | WOMAN | 女
想 | idea/imagination | HEART | 心

toDAY's topic is a BIG category: the number of WOMEN with imaginary HEARTS.

## Synonyms

association 連想 関連
assumption 期待 予想 前提 先入観
fantasy 妄想 望み 幻想
hallucination 幻覚 幻 幻想 幻視
interpretation 感想 意見 印象 解釈
love 愛 恋愛 恋 想い
model or ideal of something 模範 理想
speaking hypothetically 例える 想像 仮に