What is the Kanji for "Yearn" and "Long for"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Yearn" and "Long for", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Yearn" and "Long for" is "憧".

This kanji has 4 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Akoga".

Its onyomi readings are "Shou", "Dou", and "Tou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "忄" . And The kanji "童" means "Child" and "Juvenile" and can be read as "Dou" and "Warabe".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "憧" mean in japanese?

"憧" means "Yearn" and "Long for".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

憧れ: "Longing". The Japanese noun '憧れ (あこがれ)' means 'longing'. It refers to a strong desire or admiration for something, often something that is unattainable or out of reach. It can be used to describe feelings towards a person, an occupation, or an ideal. For example: I have a longing to travel the world - (私は世界中を旅したいという憧れがある). She has a longing to become an actress - (彼女は女優になることを憧れている).

憧れる: "Aspire". The Japanese verb '憧れる (あこがれる)' means 'to aspire'. It expresses a strong desire or admiration for something, often an ideal or goal. This verb is used to describe a longing or yearning for a person, thing, or way of life that is perceived as desirable or unattainable. For example: I aspire to become a famous artist - (私は有名な芸術家になることを憧れている). She aspires to travel around the world - (彼女は世界中を旅することを憧れている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "ど" is read as "do". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". And The hiragana "が" is read as "ga".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.