Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1715 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai1
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • compasión
  • lástima
  • miseria
  • piedad
  • pena
  • compadecerse de

Portuguese

  • patético
  • pesar
  • pena
  • emoção
  • compaixão
  • solidariesar

French

  • pitoyable
  • peine
  • chagrin
  • pitié
  • pathétique
  • compatir
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)
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

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 咽喉 【インコウ】 throat, vital passage, key position
  • 咽喉頭異常感症 【インコウトウイジョウカンショウ】 globus pharyngis, lump in one's throat, pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
  • 嚥下 【エンゲ】 swallowing, deglutition
  • 哀咽 【アイエツ】 being choked with tears
  • 嗚咽 【オエツ】 sobbing, weeping, fit of crying

Kun reading compounds

  • 咽ぶ 【むせぶ】 to be choked, to be stifled, to be smothered
  • 噎せる 【むせる】 to choke, to be choked by, to be stifled by
  • 喉 【のど】 throat, singing voice, gutter (inner margins of a book)
  • 喉から手が出る 【のどからてがでる】 (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it, a hand reaches out from one's throat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan1, yan4, ye4
Korean:
in, yeol

Spanish

  • garganta
  • sofoco
  • atragantamiento
  • asfixia

Portuguese

French

920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1872 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
309 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3577 Morohashi
788 New Nelson (John Haig)
2159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
628 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6600.0 Four corner code
1-16-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54bd Unicode hex code