Kanji Detail for 歎 - "lament, admire, sigh"

歎

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
歎 means "lament, admire, sigh."
1. Lament - To express sorrow; to grieve.
2. Admire - To praise deeply; to marvel at.
3. 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).
Onyomi

tan(タン)
Kunyomi

nage.ki(なげ-き)

nageku(なげ-く)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)
Related Keywords
lament admire sigh praise moan grieve mourn sorrow regret melancholy marvel deeply emotion breathe