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懷

懷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 胸に抱く。
  2. ふところ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「褱」。｛懷｝（思う、懐かしむ）を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • エ
Kun (native)
  • ふところ
  • なつ(かしい)
  • なつ(かしむ)
  • なつ(く)
  • なつ(ける)
  • いだ(く)
  • おも(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音huai2
  • 한글hoe
  • Hán-ViệtHoài

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+61F7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄褱

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-16
Four Corner
9003.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k13.9
Nelson
1788