憧 — yearn after, long for, aspire to

あこがれる憧 yearn after

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+61A7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #2259 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #681 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

yearn after
long for
aspire to
admire
adore

word

あこが akoga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

憧(あこが) れる akogareru to yearn for

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

憧(しょう) 憬(けい) shoukei longing

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

忄 heart (left form)

どう童 juvenile

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart