漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嘆: sigh, lament
Also: moan, grieve, sigh of admiration
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 艹 and 夫 are drawn in
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 感嘆かんたんadmiration; wonder; astonishment
- 嘆願たんがんentreaty; appeal; petition
- 驚嘆きょうたんwonder; admiration
- 悲嘆ひたんgrief; sorrow; anguish
なげくnageku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 嘆きなげきgrief; lamentation
- 嘆くなげくto lament; to grieve; to regret
Also read なげかわしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
夫
Also built on husband (夫)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嘆 sigh · 艹 + 夫
vs器 utensil · 大In ChineseSimplified 叹 · traditional, as in Japanese · tàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 嘆; mainland China simplifies it to 叹.
- Simplified
- 叹 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嘆 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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