Kanji

慷

慷

weep, grieve

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

14 strokes

Radical

忄部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

なげく

Example sentences

悲憤慷慨 ひふんこうがい
若者 たち は 政府 の 腐敗 に 悲憤慷慨 した

The young people felt righteous indignation at the government's corruption.

悲歌慷慨 ひかこうがい
彼 は 酒 に 酔って 政治 の 腐敗 を 悲歌慷慨 した 。

He got drunk and indignantly lamented the corruption of politics.

Example Vocabulary

悲憤慷慨

ひふんこうがい

righteous indignation; resentment over social injustice

慷慨

こうがい

悲歌慷慨

ひかこうがい

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

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