This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソウ、ソ、おも.う
Romaji: sou, so, omo.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

concept, think, idea, thought

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  61
Frequency:  381
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-9-4
Korean Reading:  sang
Chinese Reading:  xiang3
Unicode:  60f3
JIS:  415B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2828
Nelson Index: 1728
New Nelson Index: 1922
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k9.18
Four Corner Index: 4633.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 532
Gakken Index: 352
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10858
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.1102
Remembering the kanji Index: 609
Kanji Way Index: 197
Kanji Flashcards Index: 544
Kodansha Compact Index: 796
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 350
Kanji in Context Index: 392
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1810
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2462
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 616
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 656
Essential Kanji Index: 324
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3507
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1858
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 660
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 421

Words

(そう)
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
構想 (こうそう)
plan; plot; idea; conception
思い (おもい)
thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience
回想 (かいそう)
reflection; reminiscence
幻想 (げんそう)
illusions
思想 (しそう)
thought; idea; ideology
予想 (よそう)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
想定 (そうてい)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
理想 (りそう)
ideal; ideals
妄想 (もうそう、ぼうそう)
wild idea; delusion
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