sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration
嘆 centers on an audible expression of deep emotion: sighing, lamenting, moaning, or grieving. The sigh of admiration is a natural extension where the emotion is awe rather than sorrow.
嘆 combines 口 (mouth) with a phonetic component historically derived from 漢 or a related form, suggesting a sound made with the mouth. The exact development of the right side is uncertain, but the character is understood as a phono-semantic compound where 口 indicates the action and the right side contributes the sound.
The left side is a mouth 口, and the right side looks like a person 夫 under a plant 艹 with something in between. Imagine a person sighing loudly into the plants, their mouth open in lament.
For タン, picture a tan-colored autumn leaf falling as you sigh: tan -> タン, and the sigh escapes your mouth 口.
to lament; to grieve; to regret
grief; lamentation
entreaty; appeal; petition
admiration; wonder; astonishment
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
sigh
one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
deep admiration
bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss
crying in pain
plea; entreaty; supplication
lamentation; deploring
Wailing Wall (Jerusalem); Western Wall
to grieve and moan
to spend one's days in grief; to grieve away one's days; to grieve all day
to grieve; to lament; to deplore