恋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. こい、人をこいしたう感情。
  2. 物事に執着すること。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「戀」の略体(變」→「変」の類推)。「戀」については戀#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レンJHS
Kun (native)
  • こ(う)JHS
  • こいJHS
  • こい(しい)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音lian4
  • 한글ryeon
  • Hán-ViệtLuyến

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+604B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𰁜心

Words using this kanji

  • こい(こい)ある人に強く惹かれること。(romantic) love
  • 恋人こいびとlover, sweetheart, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • 恋愛れんあい特定の相手に恋焦がれ一緒に居たいと思う感情。または、そのような感情を持って交際すること。 特定の相手と恋愛感情を持って交際する。love, romance, tender passion, emotion
  • 恋文こいぶみlove letter
  • 恋しいこいしいこいしい 参照yearned for, longed for, missed
  • 恋するこいするto fall in love (with), to love
  • 恋心こいごころ(feelings of) love
  • 恋歌こいうた恋愛の情を歌った歌。love song, love poem
  • 恋うこうこうの漢字表記。to love
  • 恋河こいかわoceans of love
  • 恋妻こいづまloving wife
  • 恋情れんじょう特定の人を恋い慕う気持ち。love, attachment, lovesickness
  • 恋水こいみずtears of love
  • 恋草こいぐさlovesickness
  • 恋着れんちゃく非常に恋い慕うこと。 深く執着すること。attachment, love
  • 恋仲こいなか「こいなか」の漢字表記。being in love with each other
  • 恋猫こいねこcat in heat, cat in season
  • 恋風こいかぜlove's zephyr
  • 恋慕れんぼ恋い慕うこと。 恋い慕う。love, attachment, tender emotions, falling in love
  • 恋路こいじromance, love's pathway

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(121 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-8
Four Corner
0033.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j8.2
Heisig
1885
Nelson
313