Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
Variants:
fork in road, scene, arena, theater
Kun:
ちまた
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2415 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 巷間 【コウカン】 on the street, around town, the world, the public
  • 巷説 【コウセツ】 gossip, talk about town
  • 陋巷 【ロウコウ】 narrow, dirty backstreet

Kun reading compounds

  • 巷 【ちまた】 the public, the street (e.g. "word on the street"), street, district, quarters, location (e.g. of a battle), scene (e.g. of carnage), divide (e.g. between life and death), fork (in a road), crossroads
  • 巷で話題 【ちまたでわだい】 much-talked-about, recently popular, in vogue
  • 悪の巷 【あくのちまた】 skid row, underworld
  • 修羅の巷 【しゅらのちまた】 scene of carnage

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4, hang4
Korean:
hang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1465 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
974 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3097 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2162 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8756X Morohashi
1543 New Nelson (John Haig)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k6.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-25-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df7 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1296 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 恋愛 【レンアイ】 love, love-making, passion, emotion, affections
  • 恋歌 【コイウタ】 love song, love poem
  • 悲恋 【ヒレン】 blighted love, disappointed love
  • 狂恋 【キョウレン】 mad love, excessive infatuation

Kun reading compounds

  • 恋う 【こう】 to love
  • 恋 【こい】 (romantic) love
  • 恋人 【こいびと】 lover, sweetheart, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • リア恋 【リアこい】 being in love with an idol, actor, etc., fan who is in love with an idol, actor, etc.
  • 片恋 【かたこい】 unrequited love, one-sided love
  • 恋しい 【こいしい】 yearned for, longed for, missed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian4
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • romance
  • amor
  • enamoramiento
  • enamorado
  • querido
  • enamorarse

Portuguese

  • romance
  • apaixonar-se
  • sentir saudades
  • sentir falta

French

  • chérir
  • amour
  • idylle
  • languir
  • manquer
1931 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1123 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1012 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
536 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1223 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
258 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1078 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
784 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2602 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1764 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10537 Morohashi
2098 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 New Nelson (John Haig)
1748 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1885 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1333 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
458 2001 Kanji
2j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
0033.3 Four corner code
1-46-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
604b Unicode hex code