慕
慕 — Pining
pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
On’yomiボ (bo)
Kun’yomiしたう (shitau)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 慕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慕う | したう shitau | to yearn for; to long for; to pine for |
| 思慕 | しぼ shibo | yearning; longing for; deep affection |
Study notes
慕 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2100 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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