pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
On'yomi (音読み)
- ボ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- した.う
About this kanji
The kanji 慕 primarily conveys feelings of pining, yearning for, or adoring someone or something. It can be used as a verb, as in the word 慕う (したう), which means to yearn for someone dearly. Other related compounds include 思慕 (しぼ), which refers to a general sense of yearning, and 愛慕 (あいぼ), meaning love or affection. This kanji often appears in contexts related to deep emotional connections, such as cherishing the memory of someone you love. A usage note is that this kanji tends to express a more poetic and sentimental kind of longing rather than casual affection.
Example sentences
子供は母を慕う。
Children yearn for their mothers.
Meanings across languages
- English
- pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
- Tiếng Việt
- nhớ, khao khát, yêu thương
- 日本語
- 慕う, 恋い慕う, 愛する
- 한국어
- 그리워하다, 갈망하다, 사랑하다
- 中文
- 思念, 渴望, 爱慕
- id
- kerinduan
- th
- ความคิดถึง
- es
- ansia
- fr
- envie
- de
- Sehnsucht
- pt
- saudade
Common compounds
- 慕うしたうto yearn for, to long for, to pine for
- 思慕しぼyearning, longing for, deep affection
- 哀慕あいぼcherish the memory of, yearn for
- 愛慕あいぼlove, attachment, adoration
- 欽慕きんぼadoration, reverence, admiration
- 敬慕けいぼlove and respect
- 追慕ついぼcherishing the memory of, yearning for
- 慕情ぼじょうlonging, yearning
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