慨 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

rue, be sad, sigh, lament

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ガイJHS

Kun (native)

• なげ(く)

Other languages

• 拼音kai3
• 拼音kai4
• 한글gae
• Hán-ViệtKhái

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

infoBasics

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

心(こころ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+6168

grid_viewComponents

• 忄りっしんべん
• 牙きば
• 艮ねづくり

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄既

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 慨嘆がいたん嘆き憤ること。 嘆き憤る。deploring, lamentation, regret, complaint
• 慨世がいせい世の中の現状を憂い、憤慨すること。deploring the course of public events
• 慨然がいぜん憤り、嘆くさま。憂い嘆くさま。 心を奮い立たせるさま。indignant, sorrowful, steadfast, determined
• 慨するがいする憤る。嘆く。to regret, to deplore
• 慨世憂国がいせいゆうこくworrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 概One part differs
• 嘅One part differs
• 摡One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 慨Traditional form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-10

Four Corner

9101.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4k10.3

Heisig

1595

Nelson

1741