憧憬

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Chinese

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irresolute; unsettled awaken
simp. and trad.
(憧憬)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (24) (28)
Final () (7) (112)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhowng kjwaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨoŋ/ /kˠwiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ /kʷᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ /kiuaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuawŋ/ /kwiajŋX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰioŋ/ /kiuɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭwoŋ/ /kĭwɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯woŋ/ /ki̯wɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chōng jiǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cung1 gwing2

Verb

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憧憬

  1. to long for; to yearn for; to look forward to

Synonyms

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Noun

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憧憬

  1. vision for the future

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: S
けい
Grade: S
on'yomi
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Particularly: “高山樗牛の「文は人なり」の序言(姉崎嘲風)に「憧憬といふ新熟字も、この思ひを表はすために、初めは惝怳として居たのを、僕と二人で憧憬と作り上げたので、この時代の心持ちを表はしたかったのである」とあるように、この二人が、ともに「あこがれる」ことを意味する「憧」と「憬」を組み合わせて造ったといわれる和製漢語。「理想の状態を望む」ことを意味する抽象的な語は、それまで日本語には存在せず、漢籍に基づく「惝怳(しょうきょう)」が用いられていた。”

Alternative forms

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  • (uncommon) 憧憬(しょうけい) (shōkei)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(どう)(けい) (dōkeiどうけい (doukei)?

  1. longing
Synonyms
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Verb

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(どう)(けい)する (dōkei suruどうけい (doukei)?suru (stem (どう)(けい) (dōkei shi), past (どう)(けい)した (dōkei shita))

  1. to long for
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S
けい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)(けい) (shōkeiしようけい (syoukei)?

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of 憧憬 (dōkei, longing)

Verb

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(しょう)(けい)する (shōkei suruしようけい (syoukei)?suru (stem (しょう)(けい) (shōkei shi), past (しょう)(けい)した (shōkei shita))

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of 憧憬する (dōkei suru, to long for)
Conjugation
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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憧憬 (donggyeong) (hangeul 동경)

  1. hanja form? of 동경 (yearning; longing)