懐 means “nostalgic”

なつかしい · natsukashii

Also: feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふところ, なつかしい, なつかしむ, なつく, なつける

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カイ, エ

Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

The heart holds what time has taken: a single scent or sound can unlock a flood of bittersweet memory.

Used in 懐かしい (natsukashii, nostalgic) and 懐 (futokoro, bosom/pocket)

More from Feelings & Emotions

• 悲 sad
• 怒 anger
• 泣 cry
• 笑 laugh
• 好 like
• 痛 pain
• 幸 happiness
• 恋 romantic love
• 希 hope
• 望 wish
• 怖 scary
• 恥 shame

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