Hanja Analyzer
憧

憧 — dong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
동경할 동
Romanization
dong
English
irresolute, indecisive; yearn for
Mandarin
chōng
Japanese on'yomi
ドウ, ショウ, シュ, トウ, ズウ, ズ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あこが.れる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,259 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
心 (61, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
童
Unicode
U+61A7

Parts that make up 憧

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 童 아이 동sound 눈을 상하게 한 노예아이. ‘동·종’ 계열의 소리

How 憧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 憧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 童.

Korean example words with 憧

  • 동경憧憬 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 간절히 그리워하여 그것만을 생각함
  • 동경심憧憬心 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 간절히 그리워하여 그것만을 생각하는 마음
  • 동동憧憧 Korean gloss: ‘동동하다’의 어근.
  • 동동일념憧憧一念 Korean gloss: 마음속에서 사라질 줄 모르는 한 가지 생각.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 憧

  • 憧れあこがれ yearning; longing; aspiration
  • 憧憬どうけい longing; yearning; aspiration
  • 憧れるあこがれる to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after
  • 憧れの的あこがれのまと object of adoration, longing

Characters sharing the phonetic 童

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

僮 幢 撞 朣 橦 潼 疃 瞳 罿 艟 鐘

Other hanja read “동”

仝 侗 倲 偅 働 僮 冬 凍 動 同 哃 垌 峒 彤 朣 東 桐 棟 橦 洞 涷 潼 炵 烔 疼 瞳 童 罿 胴 艟 苳 茼 董 蕫 蝀 銅 錬 鮗 鼕

Other hanja with radical 心

心 必 忉 忌 忍 忐 忒 忖 志 忘 忙 応 忝 忞 忟 忠 忡 忢 忤 忨 快 忭 忮 忱 念 忷 忸 忻 忼 忽 忿 怊 怍 怏 怒 怓 怔 怕 怖 怗 怙 怛 怜 思 怠 怡 急 怦 性 怨 怩 怪 怭 怯 怰 怱 怲 怳 怵 怾

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