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Envious Sheep Water Grass 羨 セン、エン うらや.む、あまり Jealous

Kanji
Onyomi セン、エン
Kunyomi うらや.む、あまり
English envious, be jealous, covet
Examples 羨ましい(うらやましい): (1) envious (feeling, etc.); jealous (2) enviable (position, etc.)
羨む(うらやむ): to envy
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Components 羊: sheep
水: water
欠: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 123
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading ひつじ・ひつじへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword envious
Koohii Story 1 A very thirsty sheep, who always lacked water, spends his days watching his fellow sheep (in the farm next door or in another pen) and being very envious of their water.
Koohii Story 2 Envious of the greener grass on the other side of the fence, the sheep looks down in disgust at his own dry grass lacking water.
RTK Index 553

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion

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