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憧 = 忄 + 童

憧 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “yearn”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 童 (juvenile). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 681.

Keyword
yearn
RTK frame
681
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ, トウ, ドウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あこが.れる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
yearn after, слон
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
憧 irresolute

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 忄 heart
  2. 童 juvenile

How to find 憧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “juvenile”. 憧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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