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嗟 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
サ・シャさ・しゃ · sa · sha
Kun
あ・ああ・なげ.くa · ā · nage.ku
Meaning
to lament; alas

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 差 as phonetic: the voice of grief.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嗟嘆さたん

    lamentation; admiration

  • 怨嗟えんさ

    resentment; grudge

More words with this kanji

  • 吁嗟うさ
  • 咄嗟とっさ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

重税(じゅうぜい)に民(たみ)の怨嗟(えんさ)の声(こえ)が高(たか)まった。

Voices of resentment at the heavy taxes rose among the people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嗟嘆怨嗟嗟嘆sigh怨grudge叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!扨well…扠well…炙to bro…苴a stra…炸to exp…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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