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嘆

嘆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. なげく。ひどく悲しく思う。
  2. なげく。ひどく憤る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「𦰩」。「なげく」を意味する漢語｛嘆｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タンJHS
Kun (native)
  • なげ(く)JHS
  • なげ(かわしい)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音tan4
  • 한글tan
  • Hán-ViệtThán

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5606

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口𦰩

Words using this kanji

  • 嘆きなげきgrief, lamentation
  • 嘆願たんがん事情を述べて熱心に願うこと。entreaty, appeal, petition
  • 嘆息たんそく嘆いて溜め息をつくこと。sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.), grieving, lamenting, deploring
  • 嘆かわしいなげかわしいなげかわしいを参照。lamentable, deplorable, regrettable, sad
  • 嘆くなげくなげく 参照to lament, to grieve, to regret, to deplore
  • 嘆たんsigh, grief, lamentation
  • 嘆声たんせい感心して発する声。sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
  • 嘆美たんび感心して賞賛すること。admiration, adoration, extolling
  • 嘆賞たんしょう感心して賞賛すること。admiration, praise, laudation
  • 嘆鳩ナゲキバトmourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
  • 嘆じるたんじるto grieve, to lament, to deplore, to admire
  • 嘆ずるたんずるなげく。ひどく悲しく思う。 なげく。ひどく憤る。 感心する。感嘆する。to grieve, to lament, to deplore, to admire
  • 嘆願書たんがんしょ(written) petition
  • 嘆きの壁なげきのかべWailing Wall (Jerusalem), Western Wall
  • 嘆き悲しむなげきかなしむto grieve and moan
  • 嘆き暮らすなげきくらすto spend one's days in grief, to grieve away one's days, to grieve all day

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
6403.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d10.8
Heisig
1702
Nelson
974