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xiǎng to think, to want

13 strokes

Where the shape comes from

相 on top for the sound, 心, heart, underneath for the meaning. Anything with a heart at the bottom is about feeling or thinking.

tree
eye
heart

Write it

Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.

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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.

Three words that use it

我想 xiǎngI'd like
思想xiǎngthought
想家xiǎng jiāto be homesick

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The mistake people make

Thirteen strokes, so build it in three parts: 木, then 目, then 心 across the bottom.