The kanji 慕 primarily conveys the feeling of yearning, longing, or missing someone or something deeply. It implies a sense of affection, admiration, and a strong desire to be close to or to have something. It suggests a feeling of attachment, often with an element of respect or fondness.

・On-yomi (音読み): ボ (bo) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): した（う） (shita(u)) - to yearn for, to long for; した（わしい） (shitawashii) - desirable, beloved

⚫︎慕情 Translation: Longing; affection; nostalgia. ⚫︎慕う Translation: To yearn for; to long for; to adore. ⚫︎憧憬と慕情 Translation: Yearning and affection.

The kanji 慕 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. The left side is a part of the radical 心 (kokoro), representing "heart" or "mind". The right side is 莫 (baku), which conveys the phonetic component and provides a sense of "not; none; do not". The combination of these components suggests a deep feeling in the heart, something that cannot be avoided, and thus represents the emotion of yearning or longing. The character's formation is thought to have evolved from pictograms and semantic-phonetic compounding, combining the concept of "heart" with a phonetic element to create the meaning of "yearning" or "longing".