歎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 15 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

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

Origin of the character

形声。「欠」+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

grief, lamentation

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タン
Kun (native)
  • なげ(く)
  • なげ(き)
Other languages
  • 拼音tan4
  • 한글tan
  • Hán-ViệtThán

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
欠(あくび)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6B4E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𦰩欠

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-4
Four Corner
4758.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4j10.3
Heisig
2873
Nelson
2424