慨 – rue, be sad, sigh

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The kanji 慨 means rue, be sad, sigh, lament. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガイ (gai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なげ.く (nageku). It is written with 13 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	ガイ	gai
Kun’yomi	なげ.く	nageku

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: 牙・艮・忙.

Words using 慨

憤慨ふんがいindignation

Example sentences

彼は友人の行動に憤慨した。

He resented his friend's action.

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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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