Japanese Kanji

kei

yearn for · aspire to · admire

Secondary school · 15 strokes

Readings

  • ONケイkei
  • KUNあこが.れるakoga

Meaning

Yearn for, aspire to, admire.

Stroke order for 憬

憬 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 15 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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