想
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.
木tree
目eye
心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wǒ xiǎngI'd like
思想sīxiǎngthought
想家xiǎng jiāto be homesick
Watch out
The mistake people make
Thirteen strokes, so build it in three parts: 木, then 目, then 心 across the bottom.