懐 nostalgia

(leftheart) + (UFO) + 衣 (cloth)
★★★☆☆
16 strokes
SOLO

Onyomi

KAI - don't bother.

Mnemonic

My heart aches with nostalgia, for the days when UFOs were made out of cloth.

Kunyomi

( に ) なつ*かしい feel nostalgic for
★★★☆☆

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
聴 listen to EAR 耳
壊 break GROUND 土
懐 nostalgia HEART 心
徳 virtue GO 行

You listen with your EARS.

You break a TV on the hard GROUND.

You are nostalgic with your HEART.

You GO along the path of virtue.

Meaning Hint Radical
慎 refrain / be prudent TRUTH 実
懐 nostalgia UFO

Refrain from speaking the TRUTH to a person nostalgic for UFOs. Actually the space invader days were pretty bad but why argue?

Synonyms

nostalgia
懐かしい    郷愁