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

19 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
894 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 願 【ガン】 prayer, wish, vow
  • 願書 【ガンショ】 (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
  • 本願 【ホンガン】 Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

  • 願う 【ねがう】 to desire, to wish, to hope, to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, to have something done for oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • petición
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • desear
  • pedir
  • rogar

Portuguese

  • petição
  • solicitação
  • voto
  • desejo
  • esperança

French

  • demande
  • prière
  • souhait
  • voeu
  • espoir
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
869 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1011 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
581 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43623 Morohashi
1845 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6653 New Nelson (John Haig)
135 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
143 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
637 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3361 2001 Kanji
9a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-9 SKIP code
3-3-16 SKIP code
7128.6 Four corner code
1-20-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9858 Unicode hex code