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Kanji Detail for 怜 - "clever"
怜
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Meaning
怜 means "clever." Also associated with pity.
Clever - Wise; intelligent; perceptive.
Pity - To feel compassion; to cherish.
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Tattoo check: 怜
- Verified meaning: clever
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read さとい, さとし, さとり, さとる)
- Also carries these associations: pity
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.
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Name readings of 怜
Given names 怜(さとい)
怜(さとし)
怜(さとる)
怜(りょう)
怜(れい)
怜(れん)
Surnames 怜(さとり)
怜(れいじ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wise
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
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 怜
そういう相手の前では、私の見せ掛けだけの怜悧な技術は、見抜かれた時に負けていたと思う。
I think that against somebody like that, my seemingly clever techniques would be seen through and then I would be defeated.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
More kanji with the radical 心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)
- 心 heart, mind, core
- 必 certain, must
- 忙 busy
- 忌 to detest, to avoid, death anniversary
- 忍 endure, persevere, stealth
- 志 aspiration, will
- 忘 to forget, to neglect
- 応 to respond, to comply
- 快 pleasant, cheerful
- 忠 loyalty, devotion, sincere
- 念 thought, desire
- 忽 suddenly, to neglect
- 怖 fearful, frightened
- 性 nature, gender, disposition
- 怪 strange, monster, to suspect
- 怒 to be angry
- 思 to think, to love
- 怠 neglect, lazy, slack
- 急 urgent, sudden, fast
- 怨 grudge, resentment, regret
- 恆 constant
- 恒 constant, always
- 恋 to yearn, love
- 恐 to fear, frightening
- 恕 forgiveness, compassion