Word Meaning

たん tan

嘆 is read as たん (tan) and means sigh.

Meaning

English

  1. sigh
  2. grief
  3. lamentation

Reading

Kana

たん

Romaji

tan

Writing Variants

  • たん tan

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Rank 148324 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嘆き

なげき

grief

嘆願

たんがん

entreaty

嘆息

たんそく

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.)

嘆く

なげく

to deplore

感嘆

かんたん

admiration

悲嘆

ひたん

grief

驚嘆

きょうたん

wonder

三嘆

さんたん

deep admiration

長嘆

ちょうたん

deep sigh

Example Sentences

10

Don't be sad.

He abandoned himself to grief.

An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.

"Ah" is an interjection.

"Ah!" is an interjection.

I wondered at the sight.

Neither delight nor sorrow is permanent.

Everyone admired his courage.

It's beneficial that the final exclamation mark be a full-width character.

I addressed a petition to the mayor.