| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
- 詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
- 作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
- 固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun
Kun reading compounds
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
- 枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface, introduction
- 花言葉 【はなことば】 language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love), floriography
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- parte de oración
- palabras
- poesía
Portuguese
- parte de discurso
- palavras
- poesia
French
- partie du discours
- mots
- poésie
| 799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 890 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 879 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1624 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4335 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 807 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 900 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1665 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 843 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 862 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1205 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1671 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1897 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1007 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1363 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1883 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35394 | Morohashi |
| 1503 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5582 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1865 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2009 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 946 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3049 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 0762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a5e | Unicode hex code |