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憬 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
あこが.れるakoga.reru
Meaning
yearn for

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart plus a bright vista: the heart drawn towards something seen far off.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei憧憬どうけい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 憧憬しょうけい

    yearning; longing

  • 憧憬の的しょうけいのまと

    object of admiration

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

若(わか)い頃(ころ)は都会(とかい)への憧憬(どうけい)を抱(いだ)いていた。

When I was young I had a longing for the city.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

憧憬憧憬の的憬憧yearn…的target惧fear慄shudde…忖to sur…忙busy忱sincer…頃time詣visit…稽consid…兄older…刑punish…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 忄Map of reading ケイAll maps

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