Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to think (only used to speak of others)

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

  2. to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others)

  3. to honour the target of one's emotions

Also written 思召す【おぼしめす】思しめす【おぼしめす】思し食す【おぼしめす】思食す【おぼしめす】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

think

Kun
おも.うおもえら.くおぼ.す
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
132 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
5f4.4The Kanji Dictionary
6033.0Four corner code
3658deroo
601dUnicode hex code
1-27-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3001Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1824New Nelson (John Haig)
2564New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3173Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1633Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
605Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
651Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
149A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
966Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
95Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10462Morohashi
131A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
99Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
84sakade
173Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
147henshall3
175Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
26crowley
202Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
776Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
612Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
si1, sai1Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)

Kun
め.す
On
ショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1540 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2f3.3The Kanji Dictionary
1760.2Four corner code
3577deroo
53ecUnicode hex code
1-30-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
668Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
695New Nelson (John Haig)
2001New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2494Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1261Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1727Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
86Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
90Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1473A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
152Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1115Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3241Morohashi
1387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
995Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1032Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
396Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1043Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1691Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
87Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhao4, shao4, zhao1Pinyin reading
so, joKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level