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思 means 'think'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 23   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 5    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 155 words   Used in 286 words   Used in 227 names   Component in 21 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   おもう to think
Additional readings
Kun    おもえらく   おぼす
Components
⿱  田 rice field  心 heart  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 思 is used 12 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 思 is used 276 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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シ : 119 words FIND ALL
し そ う 0
noun
thought; idea; ideology
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シ (read as じ) : 5 words FIND ALL
ひ っ こ み じ あ ん 5
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn  (yojijukugo)
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おもう : 149 words FIND ALL
お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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おぼす : 3 words FIND ALL
apparently; appears to be  (see also: 思しい; often written with kana only)
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An additional 10 less common words include 思 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 147 (originally: 131)  Joy o' Kanji : 131  Key to Kanji: 418 

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思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
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