Today's rabbit hole has led me to a new understanding of the mental factor (and aggregate) of saṁjñā, often translated as perception (too vague) or discrimination (too negative in modern usage). I'm now leaning towards 'identification', which fits well with both definition & etymology.

other folks have summarized well, but to confirm what they've said yeah 要 indicates a requirement, something crucial, where 想 is something like a valued thought (samjna if ya buddhist), recollection, ideal, etc (it's used in all sorts of compounds where it gives that abstract/conceptual sense)

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Tasmāc Śāriputra, śūnyatāyāṁ
na rūpaṁ, na vedanā, na saṁjñā, na saṁskārāḥ, na vijñānam;
na cakṣuḥ-śrotra-ghrāna-jihvā-kāya-manāṁsi;
na rūpa-śabda-gandha-rasa-spraṣṭavya-dharmāḥ;

Iha, Śāriputra, rūpaṁ śūnyatā, śūnyataiva rūpaṁ;
rūpān na pṛthak śūnyatā, śunyatāyā na pṛthag rūpaṁ;
yad rūpaṁ, sā śūnyatā; ya śūnyatā, tad rūpaṁ;
evam eva vedanā-saṁjñā-saṁskāra-vijñānaṁ.

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想蘊：想蘊（そううん、巴: saññā, 梵: saṃjñā） - 表象作用[17]。概念的な事柄の認識[17]。イメージ[16]。事物の形象を心の中に思い浮かべること[20]。阿毘達磨倶舎論においては、対象のあり方を心の中に把握すること、表象すること[19]。
行蘊：行蘊（ぎょううん、巴: saṅkhāra, 梵: saṃskāra） - 意識を生じる意志作用[21]。意志形成力[17]。心がある方向に働くこと[17]。深層意識[16]。阿毘達磨倶舎論においては、色、受、想、識の四蘊以外[19]。
識蘊：認識作用[17]。対象を得て、区別して知るもの[15]。知り分けること[19]。判断

Saṃjñā means perception—but perception isn't always reality. We often see things that aren’t really there—and miss things that are. Our minds add layers, creating a world of illusions.

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I used to favour 'discernment', but I now see that's a much better fit for the Advaita term viveka, which is about discerning an absolute truth behind illusory appearance. Buddhists, of course, use prajñā for that, usually translated as wisdom. Saṁjñā, however, is just identifying what a thing is.