懐 — pocket, feelings, heart

なつかしい懐 pocket

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+61D0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1493 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #891 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pocket
feelings
heart
yearn
miss someone
become attached to
bosom
breast

word

なつ natsu 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).

懐(なつ) かしい natsukashii nostalgic

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

懐(かい) 疑(ぎ) kaigi skepticism

ふところ futokoro 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).

懐(ふところ) futokoro bosom

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

忄 heart (left form)

じゅう十 ten #24

罒 net (top form)

ころも衣 garment #145

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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