The kanji 憧: meaning, readings and stroke order

憧

Meaning: admire, long for
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: あこが（れる） akogareru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngưỡng mộ, mong ước (sung)
Japanese: あこがれる。
Korean: 동경하다, 바라다 (동)
Chinese: 向往、憧憬

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

憧しょう憬けい
longing, yearning
都会に 憧しょう憬けいをいだきます。
He longs for life in the city.

あこが（れる） akogareru · kun reading

憧あこがれる
to look up to, to dream of being
選手に 憧あこがれて 練習します。
I look up to that athlete, so I practice hard.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.