Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    caressing; fondling; (sexual) petting

    彼女は赤ちゃんを優しく愛撫した。
    She caressed her baby lovingly.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

love, affection, favourite

Kun
いと.しいかな.しいめ.でるお.しむまな
On
アイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
640 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

あしかななるめぐめぐみよしちか

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-4-9, 2-1-12, 2-6-7SKIP code
4i10.1The Kanji Dictionary
2024.7Four corner code
2067deroo
611bUnicode hex code
1-16-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2829Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1927New Nelson (John Haig)
2492New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3133Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
737Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
796Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
436A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2018Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
456Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10947Morohashi
417A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
259Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
339sakade
545Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
441henshall3
602Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
268crowley
1079Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
790Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
745Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ai4Pinyin reading
aeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stroke, pat, smooth down

Kun
な.でる
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2402 of 2500
Radical
hand

Built from

Used in names as

なでなでし

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3c12.7The Kanji Dictionary
5803.1Four corner code
64abUnicode hex code
1-41-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2000Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2281New Nelson (John Haig)
904Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
667Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2270Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2368Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12743Morohashi
fu3Pinyin reading
mu, buKorean reading