pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
慕 centers on a deep emotional longing or attachment: pining for someone, yearning for something, or loving and adoring dearly.
慕 combines 莫 (phonetic component with a sense of 'distant' or 'obscure') with the heart radical ⺗, suggesting a heart reaching toward something distant or hidden—hence yearning or adoring.
The top 莫 looks like a setting sun over grass, and the bottom ⺗ is a heart. Imagine your heart aching as you watch the sunset, pining for someone far away.
For ボ, picture a beau (boyfriend/girlfriend) you yearn for: beau -> ボ, and your heart ⺗ longs for them.
to yearn for; to long for; to pine for; to miss; to love dearly; to adore
yearning; longing for; deep affection
longing; yearning
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
yearning; wholehearted longing; deep adoration
to call fondly
cherish the memory of; yearn for
following (a person to a place)
to miss; to yearn for
love; attachment; adoration
to approach in adoration
dear; beloved; cherished; adored
to pine for home
love and respect
illicit love
adoration; reverence; admiration
cherishing the memory of; yearning for