This week’s first #kanji is #念, which is made of its semantic element of #したごころ（心） and phonetic element of 今, although 念 and 今 don’t share a sound in #Japanese.
Meaning: thought, feeling, wish
Reading: ネン
念（ネン）を入（い）れる: to pay attention, to be careful, to exercise great care
念（ネン）を押（お）す: to tell emphatically, emphasize, make sure of…
念願（ネンガン）: a person’s heart’s desire, a person’s heartfelt wish
念仏（ネンブツ）: a Budddhist invocation, a prayer to Amitabha
念力（ネンリキ）: willpower, psychokinesis
概念（ガイネン）: a concept, an idea, a notion
記念（キネン）する: to commemorate, to honour the memory
残念（ザンネン）（な）: regrettable, disappointing, mortifying
断念（ダンネン）する: to give up, to abandon
無念（ムネン）: regret, mortification
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