惦 (diàn): to think of, to remember, to miss
惦 (diàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to think of.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 店 (phonetic). It ranks #2962 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 惦 mind. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- to think of
- to remember
- to miss
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惦记verb | diàn jì | to think of |
| 惦念verb | diàn niàn | to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind |
| 不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记 | bù pà zéi tōu jiù pà zéi diàn jì | much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom) |
惦 appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 惦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
虽然失败了,但他惦不气馁,继续努力。
suī rán shī bài le , dàn tā diàn bù qì něi , jì xù nǔ lì .
Though he failed, he did not lose heart and continued to persevere.
而飞哥这边,除了带孩子们户外活动,他还惦记着生病在家的厚厚。
ér fēi gē zhè biān , chú le dài hái zǐ men hù wài huó dòng , tā hái diàn jì zhe shēng bìng zài jiā de hòu hòu .
As for Fei Ge, besides taking the kids out for outdoor activities, he was also worried about Houhou, who was home sick.
对于老人来说,发送“早安”问候,不过是一份惦记。
duì yú lǎo rén lái shuō , fā sòng zǎo ān wèn hòu , bù guò shì yī fèn diàn jì .
For the elderly, sending a "good morning" greeting is simply a way of showing they’re thinking of them.
这份长久的惦念,最终催生《鱼水》这部小说。
zhè fèn cháng jiǔ de diàn niàn , zuì zhōng cuī shēng yú shuǐ zhè bù xiǎo shuō .
This long-standing preoccupation ultimately gave rise to the novel *Fish and Water*.
这意味着你完全不必担心又多了一个要惦记着充电的设备,也不存在电池老化的隐忧。
zhè yì wèi zhe nǐ wán quán bù bì dān xīn yòu duō le yī gè yāo diàn jì zhe chōng diàn de shè bèi , yě bù cún zài diàn chí lǎo huà de yǐn yōu .
This means you don't have to worry at all about having yet another device to keep track of when it needs charging, and there's no need to worry about battery degradation either.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (mind) component
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