嘆 – vocab dash

Keyword

lament

sigh
moan
grieve
sigh of admiration

Frequency: #1584
Strokes: 13
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1702

Readings

タン63%

なげ38%

Mnemonic

A wife opens her mouth to wail over her husband's grave, and from the blades of grass covering it another mouth answers her lament.

Stroke order

Composed of

口mouth 艹blades of grass 口mouth 夫husband

Used in vocabulary

嘆なげき

grief; lamentation

Noun

嘆なげく

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

Godan verb

感かん嘆たん

admiration; wonder; astonishment

Noun

嘆たん願がん

entreaty; appeal; petition

Noun

驚きょう嘆たん

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

Noun

悲ひ嘆たん

grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation

Noun

嘆なげかわしい

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

I-adjective

嘆たん息そく

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

Noun

嘆たん

sigh; grief; lamentation

Noun

詠えい嘆たん

exclamation; admiration

Noun

慨がい嘆たん

deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint

Noun

賛さん嘆たん

praise; admiration; extolling

Noun