Example sentences
nǐ你xiǎng想jiā家ma吗？
Do you miss home?
wǒ我xiǎng想hē喝shuǐ水。
I want water.
The story behind the character
想
相 (to look) on top, 心 (heart) below. To picture something in your heart. That's thinking, missing someone. Xu Shen wrote 想, 冀思也: "to long for."