慨 (be sad, lament, rue, sigh) - Kanji Codex

慨

be sad, lament, rue, sigh

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ガイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

なげ.く

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:1875

Vocabulary

ガイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
感慨	カンガイ	deep emotion; strong feelings
気慨	キガイ	strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
憤慨	フンガイ	indignation; resentment
感慨無量	カンガイムリョウ	deep emotion; being filled with emotion
悲歌慷慨	ヒカコウガイ	indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
感慨一入	かんがいひとしお	one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply
感慨深い	かんがいぶかい	deeply emotive; moving
慨する	がいする	to regret; to deplore

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