哀 — 9 strokes / Radical「口」
道3Junior high level / 9 strokes / Radical「口」
- On
- アイあい · ai
- Kun
- あわ.れ・あわ.れむ・かな.しいawa.re · awa.remu · kana.shii
- Meaning
- sorrow; pathos
Stroke order
Origin
口 "mouth" with 衣 "cloth": weeping with cloth over the mouth — sorrow, pathos.
Readings and examples
| Onアイあいai | 哀愁あいしゅう哀願あいがん悲哀ひあい |
|---|---|
| Kunあわれaware | 哀れあわれ哀れな話あわれなはなし哀れがるあわれがる |
| Kunあわれむawaremu | 哀れむあわれむ哀れみあわれみ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 哀愁あいしゅう
pathos; sorrow
- 悲哀ひあい
grief
- 哀悼あいとう
- 哀愍あいみん
- 哀哭あいこく
Example
曲に哀愁がただよう。
The tune carries a note of sorrow.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)