EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    meditation; contemplation

    ハエと蚊が彼の瞑想を邪魔した。
    Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.

Also written 冥想【めいそう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sleep, dark, close eyes

Kun
めい.するつぶ.るつむ.るくら.い
On
メイベンミョウミンメン
Strokes
15
Frequency
2326 of 2500
Radical
eye

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-5-10SKIP code
5c10.3The Kanji Dictionary
6708.0Four corner code
7791Unicode hex code
1-66-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3151Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3954New Nelson (John Haig)
2842Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2859Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
23600Morohashi
ming2Pinyin reading
myeong, myeonKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

idea, thought, conception, think

Kun
おも.う
On
ソウ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
381 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-9-4SKIP code
4k9.18The Kanji Dictionary
4633.0Four corner code
1858deroo
60f3Unicode hex code
1-33-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1728Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1922New Nelson (John Haig)
2828New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3507Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2462Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
609Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
656Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
352A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
324Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10858Morohashi
532A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
147Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
660sakade
544Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350henshall3
421Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
197crowley
392Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
796Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
616Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang3Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level