念

niàn

to read

to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])

now (今) + heart (心) = to hold in mind; to miss

今 evokes the present moment, and when that moment is held in the heart, it becomes longing, memory, or focused thought. The character captures how the mind clings to what is current or close.

今+心→念
今NowSemantic
心HeartSemantic

他每天念书念到很晚才睡。

tā měi tiān niàn shū niàn dào hěn wǎn cái shuì。

He reads and studies every day until very late before sleeping.

奶奶很挂念在外地上学的孙子。

nǎi nai hěn guà niàn zài wài dì shàng xué de sūn zi。

Grandmother deeply misses her grandson who is studying away from home.

Words with 念

纪念品

jì niàn pǐn

souvenir; memento

记念

jì niàn

to commemorate; to honor the memory of (variant of 紀念|纪念[ji4 nian4])

记念

jì nian

to keep thinking of; to miss

思念

sī niàn

to think of

念念不忘

niàn niàn bù wàng

to keep in mind constantly (idiom)

念经

niàn jīng

to recite or chant Buddhist scripture

正念

zhèng niàn

correct mindfulness (Buddhism)

纪念奖

jì niàn jiǎng

trophy

纪念碑

jì niàn bēi

monument

纪念钞

jì niàn chāo

commemorative banknote

远来的和尚会念经

yuǎn lái de hé shang huì niàn jīng

the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)

邪念

xié niàn

wicked idea

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