漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
憬: yearn for, aspire to
Also: admire
N1 (our estimate)15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 景 is drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 憧憬どうけいlonging; yearning; aspiration
Also read あこがれる, 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
景
Also built on scenery (景)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side憬 yearn for · 忄
vs影 shadow · 彡In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jǐng
Same form: 憬 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 憬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 憬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jǐng 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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