# 慕 — Yearn For

Frequency rank 2079 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 禄 (Fief), less common than 昂 (Rise).

- On’yomi: ぼ
- Kun’yomi: した
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level XVI of XX

Flowers on top, the sun in the middle, and a heart below — a heart gazing at the sun through flowers yearns deeply, longing for someone with every fiber of its being.

In words:

- 慕う したう — to yearn for;to miss;to adore;to love dearly

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