漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
憧: yearn after, long for
Also: aspire to, admire, adore
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 童 is drawn in
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 憧憬どうけいlonging; yearning; aspiration
あこがれるakogareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 憧れあこがれyearning; longing; aspiration
- 憧れるあこがれるto long for; to yearn for; to hanker after
- 憧れの的あこがれのまとobject of adoration, longing
Also read ショウ, トウ, 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
“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
童
Also built on juvenile (童)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side憧 yearn after · 忄
vs瞳 pupil (of eye) · 目In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chōng
Same form: 憧 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 憧 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 憧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chōng 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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