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  1. Noun

    one's wishes; one's expectations

    向こうの思う壷だぞ。
    You will play into their hands.

  2. just as expected

Also written 思うつぼ【おもうつぼ】、思うツボ【おもうつぼ】、思う壷【おもうつぼ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
思
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

think

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

Built from

心田
Words starting with 思Words ending in 思Anywhere in a word
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
壺
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

jar, pot

Kun
つぼ
On
コ
Strokes
12
Radical
士 scholar

Built from

一士冖
Words starting with 壺Words ending in 壺Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
2-3-9SKIP code
3p9.2The Kanji Dictionary
4010.6Four corner code
58faUnicode hex code
1-52-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1099Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1043New Nelson (John Haig)
2890Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
5662Morohashi
hu2Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading