慕 – pining, yearn for, love dearly

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2100 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 慕 means pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボ (bo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is した.う (shitau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボ	bo
Kun’yomi	した.う	shitau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・大・日・艾.

Words using 慕

慕うしたうto yearn for

Example sentences

少女は叔母をとても慕っている。

The girl is deeply attached to her aunt.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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