嘆

嘆 — sigh, lament, moan

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 13
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1584 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: たん tan
Kun'yomi: なげ.く nage.ku

なげ.かわしい nage.kawashii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 嘆

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嘆くなげく to lament JLPT N1