慨 — kanji meaning “rue”
慨
rue, be sad, sigh, lament
- Meanings
- rue, be sad, sigh, lament
- On'yomi
- ガイ (gai)
- Kun'yomi
- なげ.く
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1875 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- kǎi, kài — Chinese character page
Words with 慨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憤慨 | ふんがい fungai | indignation; resentment |
| 感慨 | かんがい kangai | deep emotion; strong feelings |
| 感慨無量 | かんがいむりょう kangaimuryou | deep emotion; being filled with emotion |
| 感慨深い | かんがいぶかい kangaibukai | deeply emotive; moving |
| 慷慨 | こうがい kougai | righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration |
| 慨嘆 | がいたん gaitan | deploring; lamentation; regret |
| 悲歌慷慨 | ひかこうがい hikakougai | indignant lamentation over the evils of the times |
| 悲憤慷慨 | ひふんこうがい hifunkougai | indignant lamentation over the evils of the times |
| 慨世 | がいせい gaisei | deploring the course of public events |
| 慨然 | がいぜん gaizen | indignant; sorrowful |
| 感慨一入 | かんがいひとしお kangaihitoshio | one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply |
| 慨世憂国 | がいせいゆうこく gaiseiyuukoku | worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism |
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