羨 means “envy, envious”

うらやましい · urayamashii

Also: be jealous, covet

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うらやむ, あまり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セン, エン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A sheep (羊) over water (氵) and a mouth gaping open (欠): picture someone drooling over a neighbor's roast lamb. 羨ましい is envious, the everyday いいなあ feeling, 羨む is to envy, and 羨望の的 is someone everyone envies.

Used in 羨ましい (urayamashii, envious), 羨む (urayamu, to envy), and 羨望 (senbou, envy)

More from Anger & Scorn

• 嘲 ridicule
• 苛 harsh
• 喝 shout
• 憤 indignation
• 恨 resent
• 侮 look down on
• 怨 grudge
• 叱 scold
• 嫉 jealousy
• 罵 curse
• 蔑 contempt
• 妬 envy

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.