恋 – romance, in love, yearn for

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1296 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 恋 means romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レン (ren); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こ.う、こい、こい.しい (kou, koi, koishii). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レン	ren
Kun’yomi	こ.う	kou
Kun’yomi	こい	koi
Kun’yomi	こい.しい	koishii

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・ハ・亠.

Words using 恋

恋こい(romantic) love恋人こいびとlover失恋しつれんdisappointed love恋しいこいしいyearned for恋愛れんあいlove

Example sentences

それは片思いの恋だった。

It was a one-sided love affair.

Tatoeba #204871

私は恋人を「ダーリン」と呼びます。

I call my sweetheart darling.

Tatoeba #152266

それから８ヶ月が過ぎると、ジョージは失恋から立ち直り、次第に色んな女とデートをするようになる。

After eight months passed and his broken heart healed, George eventually started dating girls again.

Tatoeba #205930

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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