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Kanji Detail for 懇 - "sincere, cordial"

懇

  • Meaning

    懇 means "sincere, cordial." Also associated with earnest.

    1. Sincere - Genuine and earnest.

    2. Cordial - Warm and friendly.

    3. Earnest - Showing serious intent.

  • Words using 懇

    • 懇談 こんだん Listen friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
    • 懇親 こんしん Listen friendship; intimacy
    • 懇話 こんわ Listen friendly talk; chat

  • Four-character idioms with 懇

    • 丁寧懇切 ていねいこんせつ Listen kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
    • 懇切丁寧 こんせつていねい Listen kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

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    • Verified meaning: sincere, cordial
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: earnest

    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.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sociable; kind; courteous; hospitable; cordial

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sincere, earnest, cordial

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    earnest

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sincere, earnest, cordial

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

    Sincere. Such as 勤懇, 懇至. | Requesting from someone is 懇. Such as 懇請, 懇託.

  • Onyomi

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    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

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    nengoro(ねんご-ろ) ねんご-ろ

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    sincere cordial earnest hospitable polite diligent affable amiable attentive authentic candid caring committed conscientious considerate courteous dedicated friendly gentle genuine heartfelt honest respectful serious

Sentences including 懇

  • We besought that he might give us the medicine.

  • They appealed to us for help.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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