嘆
sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration
Readings
On'yomi
- タン
Kun'yomi
- なげ.く
- なげ.かわしい
Meaning
嘆 centers on an audible expression of deep emotion: sighing, lamenting, moaning, or grieving. The sigh of admiration is a natural extension where the emotion is awe rather than sorrow.
Most common words using 嘆
20 of 41- 嘆くなげくN2
to lament; to grieve; to regret
- 嘆きなげきN1
grief; lamentation
- 嘆願たんがん
entreaty; appeal; petition
- 感嘆かんたんN1
admiration; wonder; astonishment
- 驚嘆きょうたん
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
- 嘆かわしいなげかわしい
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
- 悲嘆ひたん
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
- 嘆息たんそく
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
- 嘆たんN1
sigh
- 一唱三嘆いっしょうさんたん
one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- 一読三嘆いちどくさんたん
a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- 三嘆さんたん
deep admiration
- 亡羊の嘆ぼうようのたん
bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss
- 傷嘆しょうたん
crying in pain
- 哀訴嘆願あいそたんがん
plea; entreaty; supplication
- 嗟嘆さたん
lamentation; deploring
- 嘆きの壁なげきのかべ
Wailing Wall (Jerusalem); Western Wall
- 嘆き悲しむなげきかなしむ
to grieve and moan
- 嘆き暮らすなげきくらす
to spend one's days in grief; to grieve away one's days; to grieve all day
- 嘆じるたんじる
to grieve; to lament; to deplore
Study
Etymology
嘆 combines 口 (mouth) with a phonetic component historically derived from 漢 or a related form, suggesting a sound made with the mouth. The exact development of the right side is uncertain, but the character is understood as a phono-semantic compound where 口 indicates the action and the right side contributes the sound.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a mouth 口, and the right side looks like a person 夫 under a plant 艹 with something in between. Imagine a person sighing loudly into the plants, their mouth open in lament.
Reading mnemonic
For タン, picture a tan-colored autumn leaf falling as you sigh: tan -> タン, and the sigh escapes your mouth 口.