#yearn for

[kanji-a-day]

1188/2000

JLPT: N1

School Grade: Junior high school

This character was formerly written 懷, a combination of 忄heart/feeling and 褱 an uncommon kanji meaning “to carry in the bosom or the sleeve.” Here 褱 is a phonetic element signaling the on’yomi while also lending its own connotation of “to carry.” Combined with 忄 this gives “something carried in the heart,” a reference to “yearning.” Its meanings of “nostalgia/fondness” come from association. 懐 is also used to refer to the bosom/breast pocket.

[jlrbabylove-blog]

All I need are my days to start and end with you.

[noeliacg8]

I try to not yearn for something I never had.

[cravelovely]

My skin yearns for the touch. My lips crave to be met. My bones long to be shaken in ways they have been before. The word miss does not even begin to define how I feel.