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羨

envious
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingセン、エン
Kun readingうらや.む、あまり

Meanings

  1. enviousRtK
  2. be jealous
  3. covet

Popular Usage

羨む羨ましい

Radicals and components

Radical羊sheep
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sheep (羊) · water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · lack · yawn

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 592

Compound words

彼は私の幸運を羨ましがっている。
He is envious of my good fortune.tatoeba
私は彼の運の良さを羨ましく思った。
I envied him his good fortune.tatoeba
なんかその日暮らしって感じで、羨ましい。
I envy your lifestyle - living day-to-day like that.tatoeba
その不器用な男は彼女の非凡な才能を羨んだ。
The clumsy man envied her extraordinary talent.tatoeba
講が終わって、ある公卿が在原業平を羨む発言した。
After the seminar, a kugyo made statement expressing envy towards ARIHARA no Narihira.wiki
しかし、長政と市の夫婦関係は周りが羨むほど仲睦まじかったという。
The marriage between Nagamasa and Ichi is said to have been a harmonious one, and the envy of all around them.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

ずる賢い人を羨望する
ずるかしこいひとをせんぼうするEnvying cunning people.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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