Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • tristeza
  • compasión
  • triste
  • estar triste

Portuguese

  • célula de cadeia
  • enlutar
  • triste
  • deplorar
  • lamentar

French

  • triste
  • peine
  • déplorer
  • regret
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)
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

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

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

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