懐 – feelings, heart, yearn

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1493 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 懐 means feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast, pocket. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ、エ (kai, e); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふところ、なつ.かしい、なつ.かしむ、なつ.く、なつ.ける、なず.ける、いだ.く、おも.う (futokoro, natsukashii, natsukashimu, natsuku, natsukeru, nazukeru, idaku, omou). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	エ	e
Kun’yomi	ふところ	futokoro
Kun’yomi	なつ.かしい	natsukashii
Kun’yomi	なつ.かしむ	natsukashimu
Kun’yomi	なつ.く	natsuku
Kun’yomi	なつ.ける	natsukeru
Kun’yomi	なず.ける	nazukeru
Kun’yomi	いだ.く	idaku
Kun’yomi	おも.う	omou

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: 衣・十・買・忙・亠.

Words using 懐

懐かしいなつかしいdear (old)懐くなつくto become attached (to)

Example sentences

懐かしい１２小節のブルース。

There go the twelve bars blues.

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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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