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Kanji Detail for 歎 - "lament, admire, sigh"
歎
- Meaning
歎 means "lament, admire, sigh."
Lament - To express sorrow; to grieve.
Admire - To praise deeply; to marvel at.
Sigh - To breathe out with emotion.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
grief; lamentation
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sigh, admire
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to sigh; to admire
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To sigh. When the heart has anger, frustration, or depression, sighing releases the breath. Originally written as 嘆. | To admire. As in 歎賞 (to admire). | To harmonize in praise. Meaning to extend the voice at the end of a song to assist. As in "one leads, three respond in harmony" (一倡三歎).
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