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Kanji Detail for 憬 - "yearn, aspire, admire"

憬

  • Meaning

    憬 means "yearn, aspire, admire."

    1. Yearn - To long for; to desire deeply.

    2. Aspire - To seek to attain; to aim for.

    3. Admire - To regard with wonder; to look up to.

    4. Distant - Far away; remote.

  • Tattoo check: 憬

    • Verified meaning: yearn, aspire, admire
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さとり, さとる)

    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 憬

    Given names 憬(さとり)Listen 憬(さとる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    yearn for; aspire to; admire

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rouse, awaken; become conscious

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    awaken

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rouse, to awaken; to become conscious

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

    Awakened. Being vigilant and self-aware is 憬然.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    akoga.reru(あこが-れる) あこが-れる

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    yearn aspire admire appreciate longing realize understand ache ambition aspiration covet crave desire dream hope hunger pine pursue seek thirst want wish

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