Memory phrase for the Kanji: 念


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Meaning

thought, feeling, desire, wish

Pronunciation

NEN

Explanation

Top: now (The lid into the corner フ: Now!), bottom: heart

Mnemonic

What now is in my heart, are thoughts and desires.

Radicals

heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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now
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Vocabulary

 念  ねん  sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire
 残念  ざんねん  deplorable, bad luck, disappointment
 念のため  ねんのため  as a precaution, in case
 概念  がいねん  general idea, concept, notion
 念願  ねんがん  one's heart's desire, earnest petition
 無念  むねん  chagrin, regret
 観念  かんねん  idea, notion, conception, sense, resignation
 記念  きねん  commemoration, memory

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