noun, takes genitive case の

  1. yearning, longing, aspiration, adoration, admiration.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
憧れ あこがれ
 
憬れ あこがれ

Contained Kanji 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)