# 想 — Imagine

Frequency rank 262 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 店 (Shop), less common than 得 (Acquire).

- On’yomi: そう、そ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The bloodshot eye is nailed flat to the trunk of the tree and still has not blinked, and the heart bursts on the roots below it and beats on in the puddle.

In words:

- 想像 そうぞう — imagination,guess
- 理想 りそう — ideal
- 連想 れんそう — association (of ideas),suggestion

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