懐

懐 — pocket, feelings, heart

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 16
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1493 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: かい kai

え e
Kun'yomi: ふところ futokoro

なつ.かしい natsu.kashii

なつ.かしむ natsu.kashimu

なつ.く natsu.ku

なつ.ける natsu.keru

なず.ける nazu.keru

いだ.く ida.ku

おも.う omo.u

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 懐

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

懐かしいなつかしい dear (old) JLPT N2