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憧: yearn for

yearn for; admire
15 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 5 words here

Readings

On
ショウ・トウ・ドウ
Kun
あこがれる

Nearly always seen as 憧れる (あこがれる); the on-reading appears in 憧憬 (しょうけい, also read どうけい).

Key words

憧れるあこがれるto long for; to admire
憧れあこがれyearning; admiration
憧憬しょうけいlonging; yearning

Example sentences

Ever since I was little, I admired astronauts and longed to be one.

She was the object of admiration for the boys in her class.

The young man held a longing for the cultures of distant lands.

Study 憧 in the course →
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