Kanji1 / 8
念 kanji
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ネン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 念
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —念力Popularwillpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis
- —余念Popularanother idea
- —理念Popular(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
- —記念日Popularmemorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
- —記念碑Popularcommemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
- —念入りPopularcareful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate; attentive
- —正念場Popularcritical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
- —新概念Popularnew concept
- —念のためPopularjust to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
- —天然記念物Popularnatural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
- —悪念evil thought; malicious motive; spite
- —一念determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
- —怨念deep-seated grudge; hatred
- —憶念(a) thought one will never forget; something one will always remember
- —凝念concentration of thought
- —雑念idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
- —失念forgetting; lapse of memory
- —情念sentiments; passions
- —俗念worldliness; worldly ambition; unholy desires
- —他念thinking about something else