| 998 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1670 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 304 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1249 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1675 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1790 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1804 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2568 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1310 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1781 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 408 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3580 | Morohashi |
| 2068 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 791 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 401 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 428 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1239 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1715 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 哀 【アイ】 pity, sorrow, grief, misery
- 哀悼 【アイトウ】 condolence, regret, tribute, sorrow, sympathy, lament
- 哀々 【アイアイ】 deeply sad
Kun reading compounds
- 哀れ 【あわれ】 pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos, pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, alack, alas
- 哀れむ 【あわれむ】 to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to commiserate with, to have mercy on, to enjoy the beauty of, to appreciate, to admire
- 哀れむ 【あわれむ】 to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to commiserate with, to have mercy on, to enjoy the beauty of, to appreciate, to admire
- 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
- 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
Readings
- Korean:
- ae
Spanish
- compasión
- lástima
- miseria
- piedad
- pena
- compadecerse de
Portuguese
- patético
- pesar
- pena
- emoção
- compaixão
- solidariesar
French
- pitoyable
- peine
- chagrin
- pitié
- pathétique
- compatir
| 465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 54c0 | Unicode hex code |
history, chronicle
- On:
- シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 史 【シ】 history
- 史家 【シカ】 historian
- 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
- 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- historia
- crónica
Portuguese
- história
- crônica
French
- histoire
- chronique
| 411 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 523 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 496 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 563 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 91 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 81 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 398 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 183 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 332 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 332 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 705 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 317 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4324 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2188 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 699 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3249 | Morohashi |
| 3510 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 692 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 747 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 300 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 450 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1666 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.38 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 5004.6 | Four corner code |
| 5000.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f2 | Unicode hex code |