哀 – pathetic, grief, sorrow

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1715 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 哀 means pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アイ (ai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あわ.れ、あわ.れむ、かな.しい (aware, awaremu, kanashii). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アイ	ai
Kun’yomi	あわ.れ	aware
Kun’yomi	あわ.れむ	awaremu
Kun’yomi	かな.しい	kanashii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 衣・口・亠.

Words using 哀

哀れあわれpity

Example sentences

彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。

She was in a piteous state.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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