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慷 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
なげ.くnage.ku
Meaning
to lament indignantly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 康 as phonetic: to grieve and rage at the state of things.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 慷慨こうがい

    indignant lamentation

  • 悲憤慷慨ひふんこうがい

    righteous indignation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

時勢(じせい)を悲憤(ひふん)慷慨(こうがい)する文(ぶん)が並(なら)ぶ。

The pages are full of indignation at the times.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

悲憤慷慨慷慨悲憤慷慨慷悲sad慨lament憤indign…忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…亢high芒an awn伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…
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Compound

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