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悲

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
心 非
grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Kun:
かな.しい、 かな.しむ
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1014 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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

歌

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn 欠
Parts:
一 亅 口 欠
song, sing
Kun:
うた、 うた.う
On:
カ
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

慷

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
广 ヨ 忙 水 隶
weep, grieve
Kun:
なげ.く
On:
コウ

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On reading compounds

  • 慷慨 【コウガイ】 righteous indignation, patriotic lamentation, deploration

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang1, kang3
Korean:
gang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1748 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
11146 Morohashi
1963 New Nelson (John Haig)
4k11.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
9003.2 Four corner code
1-56-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6177 Unicode hex code

慨

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 牙 艮
rue, be sad, sigh, lament
Kun:
なげ.く
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1875 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慨する 【ガイスル】 to regret, to deplore
  • 慨世 【ガイセイ】 deploring the course of public events
  • 感慨 【カンガイ】 deep emotion, strong feelings
  • 気概 【キガイ】 strong spirit, mettle, backbone, guts, fighting spirit

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kai3, kai4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • lamento
  • pena
  • entristecerse

Portuguese

  • arrependimento
  • entristecer-se
  • suspiro
  • lamento

French

  • repentir
  • regret
  • triste
  • soupir
  • plainte
1070 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1741 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1399 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1315 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1460 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1554 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1461 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
825 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
790 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1495 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11122X Morohashi
641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944 New Nelson (John Haig)
1483 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1595 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1626 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1157 2001 Kanji
4k10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
9101.4 Four corner code
1-19-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6168 Unicode hex code