懊 — 16 strokes / Radical「忄」
道1University / general (hardest) / 16 strokes / Radical「忄」
- On
- オウおう · ō
- Kun
- じれった.い・なや.むjiretta.i · naya.mu
- Meaning
- vexed
Stroke order
Origin
Heart 忄 with 奧 as phonetic: to fret over what will not go one's way.
Compounds
- 懊悩おうのう
anguish; vexation
- 煩悶はんもん
worry; anguish
Example
眠れぬ夜を懊悩のうちに過ごした。
They passed a sleepless night in anguish.
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)