JLPT N3 · Abstract ideas

理想

りそう

ideal

Stroke order of 理想

2 characters, 24 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

理 · 11 strokes想 · 13 strokes

Memory trick

Use 理 reason and 想 thoughts of the 心 heart to picture the ideal.

Parts: 理 reason (王 jade + 里 village) + 想 think (相 + 心 heart)

Example sentence

私の理想の家は海の近くにあります。

わたしのりそうのいえはうみのちかくにあります。

My ideal house is near the sea.

Words with 理

無理impossible 料理cooking; dish 地理geography 物理physics 整理sorting; arrangement 管理人building manager 理由reason 処理handling; processing 総理大臣prime minister 理解understanding 理論theory 修理repair

Words with 想

想像imagination 予想prediction

More words: Abstract ideas

夢dream 絶望despair 未来future 程度degree; extent 限界limit 結果result 疑問question; doubt 幸福happiness 差difference; gap 方向direction 関係relationship; connection 形式form; format 欠点flaw; weak point 努力effort

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