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 | diàn jì | to think of |
| 惦念 | 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.
Character Family
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