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Kanji Detail for 憐 - "pity"

  • Meaning

    憐 means "pity." Also associated with to cherish.

    1. Pity - To feel sympathy; compassion.

    2. Cherish - To love dearly; to hold precious.

  • Words using

    • 可憐 かれん Listen sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 紅顔可憐 こうがんかれん Listen youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
    • 純情可憐 じゅんじょうかれん Listen pure of heart and pretty
    • 純真可憐 じゅんしんかれん Listen pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful
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    • Verified meaning: pity
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read れん)
    • Also carries these associations: to cherish

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (れん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pity; have mercy; sympathise; compassion

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pity, sympathize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to pity

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pity, to sympathize with

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Pity. Such as 同病相憐, 搖尾乞憐. | To cherish. Such as 顧影自憐, 我見猶憐.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Misery loves company.

  • That's a very pretty name.

  • I don't want your pity.

  • She, with such a sweet and pure figure, killed herself while cursing both of our names.

  • The Firework's displays final "Weeping Willow" display brilliantly launched into the night sky, slowly dripping down as it drew a gentle slope until finally its blossoming figure gradually vanished.

  • "Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class - average, in my opinion.

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