Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #2259

yearn after, long for, aspire to, admire, adore

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

heart kokoro

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

longing; yearning

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

yearning; longing
to long for; to yearn for
object of adoration, longing

Example sentences

He longed for her talented skills.

We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.

He thought of them yearning for fame.

He is longing for city life.