Meaning & readings
prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear
On’yomi リョ
Kun’yomi おもんぱく.る、おもんぱか.る
Nanori ぜ
Origin
This character combines a thinking component with a sound hint. The left side, 思, means "think" or "mind" and carries the main meaning—it shows a person considering something carefully. The right side, 虍, functions as a sound hint that suggests how the character should be pronounced, rather than adding to the meaning itself. Together they create a character meaning deliberate thought and careful consideration, the kind of prudent thinking that comes from weighing concerns in your mind.
Components
- 虍
- 思
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 15
- Kangxi radical
- 61
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #916 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+0616E