Kanji: 念

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	心(忄⺗) Radical name: こころ (りっしんべん)
Meaning:	Wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	残念(ざんねん)	disappointment
N3	記念(きねん)	commemoration, memory
N2	観念(かんねん)	(1) idea, notion, conception, (2) sense (e.g. of duty)
N1	概念(がいねん)	general idea, concept, notion
N1	念(ねん)	sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern, attention, care
N1	無念(むねん)	chagrin, regret
none	丹念(たんねん)	meticulous, careful, scrupulous, painstaking, detailed