Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort), to feel anxious about, to have apprehensions of.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
気遣う きづかう
 
 
 
気づかう きづかう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spirit, mind, air
キ き ケ (1st, N5)
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
キ ケ いき (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
dispatch, despatch, send
つか.う ケン や.る (Early Jr. High, N1)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
terraced hill
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)