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憧 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ショウ・トウ・ドウしょう・とう・どう · shō · tō · dō
Kun
あこが.れるakoga.reru
Meaning
yearn for; admire

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart plus a phonetic element: a heart that will not settle — to yearn after something.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō憧憬どうけい

「憧憬」は，「ドウケイ」とも。

Kunあこがれるakogareru憧れるあこがれる憧れあこがれ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 憧憬しょうけい

    longing; yearning

  • 憧れあこがれ

    admiration; aspiration

More words with this kanji

  • 憧憬の的しょうけいのまと

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

子(こ)どもの頃(ころ)から医者(いしゃ)に憧(あこが)れていた。

Ever since childhood I have looked up to doctors.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

憧憬憧憬yearn…惧fear慄shudde…忖to sur…忙busy忱sincer…丼bowl腫swell嘲ridicu…踪traces瞳pupil…
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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