哀
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「口」+音符「衣」。「あわれむ」「いつくしむ」を意味する漢語｛哀｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- アイJHS
- Kun (native)
- あわ(れ)JHS
- あわ(れむ)JHS
- かな(しい)
- Other languages
- 拼音ai1
- 한글ae
- Hán-ViệtAi
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 口(くち)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+54C0
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴衣口
Words using this kanji
- 哀悼あいとう人の死を哀しみ悼むこと。condolence, regret, tribute, sorrow
- 哀愁あいしゅう物悲しい気持ち。pathos, sorrow, grief
- 哀れあわれpity, sorrow, grief, misery
- 哀れむあわれむ同情する。気の毒に思う。to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with, to sympathise with
- 哀歓あいかん悲しみと喜び。joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness
- 哀感あいかん物悲しい感じ。pathos, melancholy, sorrow
- 哀切あいせつあまりに哀れでもの悲しいこと。また、そのようなさま。pathetic, plaintive
- 哀あいなげくこと。かなしむこと。あわれむこと。pity, sorrow, grief, misery
- 哀音あいおん悲しげな声や音。sad voices, sad sounds
- 哀歌あいか悲しい心情を表現した歌。悲歌。エレジー。lament (song), elegy, dirge, sad song
- 哀楽あいらくかなしみと楽しみ。grief and pleasure
- 哀願あいがん事情を訴えて、切に願うこと。哀れましく願うこと。supplication, appeal, entreaty, petition
- 哀号あいごうmoan, wailing
- 哀史あいし哀しい出来事の歴史。sad story, tragic history
- 哀詞あいしmessage of condolence
- 哀詩あいし悲しい気持ちを詠んだ詩。elegy
- 哀傷あいしょう人の死を悲しみいたむこと。 歌集の中の篇の名。哀傷の心を読んだ歌を収める。sorrow, grief
- 哀情あいじょう哀しいと思う心。sorrow, sadness, grief
- 哀惜あいせき人の死を哀しみ惜しむこと。grief, sorrow
- 哀訴あいそ嘆き訴えること。appeal, complaint
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-2-7- Four Corner
0073.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j7.4- Heisig
- 428
- Nelson
- 304