# 嘆 lament, sigh

口 (mouth/small box radical) + (from China (radical))
★☆☆☆☆
13 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

TAN | I lament that I got too TAN in Hawaii. Now I got melanomas!!

## Mnemonic

| Your mouth laments that kanji came from China and now you have to learn it even though you are in Japan!

## Kunyomi

なげ*く | emit a wail of despair or mourning 1/2 KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

驚嘆(きょうたん) | amazemenｔ ★☆☆☆☆ 驚 (astonish) + 嘆 (lament, sigh) = 驚嘆 (amazemenｔ) amazement, slack-jawed wonder