思 sī
: to think; consider
Kun Reading
思い | おもい omoi
noun
: thought; mind; heart; feelings; emotion; sentiment; love; desire; hope; expectation; experience
思う | おもう omou
Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe;
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do);
: to judge; to assess; to regard;
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream;
: to expect; to look forward to;
: to feel; to desire; to want;
: to recall; to remember
On Reading
し shi
思想 si1xiang3: thought; ideology [しそう shisou]
思想家 si1 xiang3 jia1: thinker [しそうか shisouka]
思考 si1kao3: to reflect; ponder over
[しこう shikou: thought; consideration]
思維[惟] si1wei2: (line of) thought; thinking
[思惟 |しゆい shiyui]
思念 si1nian4: to think of; to long for; to miss
[しねん shinen: thought]
思潮 si1 chao2: tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
[しちょう shichou: trend of thought]
思索 si1suo3: to think deeply; to ponder
[しさく shisaku: speculation; thinking; meditation]
沉思 chen2si1: to contemplate; ponder; meditate
反思 fan3si1: to think back; reflect; review; reassess
哀思 ai1si1: grief-stricken thoughts; mourning
意思 yi4si1: idea; opinion; wish; desire
[いし ishi: intention; purpose]
不好意思 bu4 hao3 yi4si1: to feel embarrassed; to be sorry (for inconveniencing somebody)
夠[够]意思 gou4 yi4si1: wonderful; delightful; very kind; generous
小意思 xiao3 yi4si1: small token; mere trifle (used of one’s gifts)
相思病 xiang1 si1 bing4: lovesick
花心思 hua1 xin1 si1: to think through; to invest effort in thinking about; to consider thoroughly
Japanese
思出 | おもいで omoide: memories; recollections; reminiscence
思い者 | おもいもの omoimono: sweetheart
OR 思い人 | おもいびと omoibito: lover/sweetheart
思いきり | おもいきり omoikiri: with all one’s strength; with all one’s heart; resignation; resolution
Chinese idiom
不可思議[议] bu4 ke3 si1 yi4: inconceivable: unimaginable; unfathomable
[ふかしぎ fukashigi: mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle; unfathomable]
三思而行 san1 si1 er2 xing2: think three times then go: to think carefully before acting
左思右想 zuo3 si1 you4 xiang3: to turn over in one’s mind: to think through from different angles; to ponder
朝思暮想 zhao1 si1 mu4 xiang3: to yearn for something day and night
費盡[费尽]心思 fei4 jin4 xin1 si5: to rack one’s brains: to take great pains to think something through
会意 Associative Compound.
The character was originally 囟 “head” + 心 “heart”; but “head” was corrupted to 田 “field”
Using the brain 囟 (xin4: fontanel: gap between the bones of an infant’s skull)
(replaced by 田 (tian2: field))
and 心 (xin1: heart)
Examples:
讓我思考一下。
rang4 wo3 si1kao3 yi1xia4
Let me think over it a bit.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
