思考

しこう

thinking, thought

Mnemonic

It wants a settled room, and wound up you cannot do it straight. She goes しこう quiet, shuts the door, and gets on with it: しこう.

Worth knowing

思いおもい is nearer a feeling and 考えかんがえ is a worked-out view. 思考 is the process itself, and it is a formal word.

Built from

思

think

田 field + 心 heart

考

consider

耂 an old man bent over, taking his time over it.

Words sharing these kanji

思う to think 思い出す to recollect, to recall 不思議 strange, wonderful 思わず unintentionally, involuntarily 思い thought 思い出 recollections, memory 考える to think, to consider 考え thought, view

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