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Kanji Detail for 慨 - "to sigh, to lament"

慨

  • Meaning

    慨 means "to sigh, to lament." Also associated with to be indignant.

    1. To lament - To sigh with grief.

    2. To be indignant - To be angry; to be resentful.

  • Words using 慨

    • 感慨 かんがい Listen deep emotion; strong feelings
    • 憤慨 ふんがい Listen indignation; resentment

  • Four-character idioms with 慨

    • 感慨無量 かんがいむりょう Listen deep emotion; being filled with emotion
    • 悲憤慷慨 ひふんこうがい Listen indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
    • 悲歌慷慨 ひかこうがい Listen indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

  • Tattoo check: 慨

    • Verified meaning: to sigh, to lament
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read がい)
    • Also carries these associations: to be indignant

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 慨

    Given names 慨(がい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rue; be sad; sigh; lament

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sigh, regret; generous

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 慨[kai3]; to sigh (with emotion)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sigh, regret, lament; generosity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Lofty indignation. Such as 忼慨. | Sad sighing. Such as 慨然.

  • Onyomi

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    gai(ガイ) ガイ

  • Kunyomi

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    nageku(なげ-く) なげ-く

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to be indignant to sigh indignation to lament deep emotion lamentation anguish compassion despair grief heartache melancholy mourn resentful sorrow

Sentences including 慨

  • It was an emotional day.

  • It was an emotional day.

  • She smarted from the insult.

  • He resented his friend's action.

  • His indignation got the better of him.

  • The boy was fed up with being treated as a burden.

  • The youngster resented being treated as a coward.

  • I am indignant about the way he treated me.

  • Parents who beat their children really make my blood boil.

  • She was indignant at the way her son had been treated.

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