15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

yearn after, long for, aspire to, admire, adore

Kun'yomi
  • to long for
On'yomi
  • ショウ
  • トウ
  • ドウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あこがれる 92.2%
トウドウ 7.8%
ショウ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

yearn after, long for, aspire to
あこが.れる トウ ショウ (11th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
juvenile, child
ドウ わらべ ぱ (3rd, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 61A7
JIS X 0208 1-38-20
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1767
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1982
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 899
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 511
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 664
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2280
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 681
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11242
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2077
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1853
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k12.5
Four corner code 9001.4