| 494 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 397 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 375 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1032 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 822 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 542 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1782 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1034 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1075 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 341 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 788 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3448 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1775 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2416 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1650 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10720 | Morohashi |
| 2775 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1897 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1635 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1763 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 409 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 悲 【ヒ】 karuna (compassion)
- 悲哀 【ヒアイ】 sorrow, grief, sadness
- 大慈大悲 【ダイジダイヒ】 great compassion and mercy
- 無慈悲 【ムジヒ】 merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unfeeling
Kun reading compounds
- 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
- 悲しむ 【かなしむ】 to be sad, to mourn for, to regret
- 悲しむべき境遇 【かなしむべききょうぐう】 pitiable condition
Readings
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- tristeza
- compasión
- triste
- estar triste
Portuguese
- célula de cadeia
- enlutar
- triste
- deplorar
- lamentar
French
- triste
- peine
- déplorer
- regret
| 1258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1133.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60b2 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |