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

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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

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
song, sing
Kun:
うたうた.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code