Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嘆 【タン】 sigh, grief, lamentation
  • 嘆願 【タンガン】 entreaty, appeal, petition
  • 詠嘆 【エイタン】 exclamation, admiration
  • 慨嘆 【ガイタン】 deploring, lamentation, regret, complaint

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘆く 【なげく】 to lament, to grieve, to regret, to deplore
  • 嘆かわしい 【なげかわしい】 lamentable, deplorable, regrettable, sad, wretched

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan4
Korean:
tan

Spanish

  • deplorar
  • lamentar
  • suspirar
  • gemir
  • afligirse

Portuguese

  • suspiro
  • lamento
  • pesar

French

  • se lamenter
  • soupirer
  • gémir
  • peine
1566 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1594 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
974 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1292 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1246 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1313 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1436 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
310 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
773 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
455 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1593 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4138P Morohashi
630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
872 New Nelson (John Haig)
1579 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1702 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1612 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
6403.4 Four corner code
1-35-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5606 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悲 【ヒ】 karuna (compassion)
  • 悲哀 【ヒアイ】 sorrow, grief, sadness
  • 大慈大悲 【ダイジダイヒ】 great compassion and mercy
  • 無慈悲 【ムジヒ】 merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unfeeling

Kun reading compounds

  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 悲しむ 【かなしむ】 to be sad, to mourn for, to regret
  • 悲しむべき境遇 【かなしむべききょうぐう】 pitiable condition

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • tristeza
  • compasión
  • triste
  • estar triste

Portuguese

  • célula de cadeia
  • enlutar
  • triste
  • deplorar
  • lamentar

French

  • triste
  • peine
  • déplorer
  • regret
494 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
397 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
375 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1032 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
822 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
542 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1782 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1034 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1075 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
788 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3448 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1775 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2416 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1650 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10720 Morohashi
2775 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1897 New Nelson (John Haig)
1635 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1763 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
409 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1258 2001 Kanji
4k8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1133.1 Four corner code
1-40-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60b2 Unicode hex code