漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
懐: feelings, heart
Also: yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast, pocket
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 十, 罒 and 衣 are drawn in
16 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 懐疑かいぎdoubt; skepticism; scepticism
- 懐柔かいじゅうwinning over; placation; gentle persuasion
ふところfutokoro · kun'yomi · on its own
- 懐ふところinside the breast of one's clothing (esp.…
- 懐刀ふところがたなdagger; stiletto
なつかしいnatsukashii · kun'yomi
- 懐かしいなつかしいdear (old); fondly remembered; beloved
なつかしむnatsukashimu · kun'yomi
- 懐かしむなつかしむto yearn (for); to miss
Also read エ, なつく, なつける, なずける, いだく, おもう, 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
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side懐 feelings · 忄
vs壊 demolition · 土In ChineseSimplified 怀 · traditional 懷 · huái
Three different forms: Japanese 懐, simplified 怀, traditional 懷.
- Simplified
- 怀 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 懷 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huái 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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