EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    first love; puppy love

    かいつまんで話せば、彼は初恋の人と結婚したのだ。
    To make a long story short, he married his first love.

Also written はつ恋【はつこい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

first time, beginning

Kun
はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め
On
ショ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
152 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

はっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5e2.1The Kanji Dictionary
3722.0Four corner code
645deroo
521dUnicode hex code
1-29-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4215Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469New Nelson (John Haig)
1116New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
404Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
431Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
261A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
427Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
636Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911Morohashi
507A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
428sakade
353Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
535henshall3
483Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
279crowley
440Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
181Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
411Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling

Kun
こ.うこいこい.しい
On
レン
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1296 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-8, 2-6-4SKIP code
2j8.2The Kanji Dictionary
0033.3Four corner code
458deroo
604bUnicode hex code
1-46-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
313Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1852New Nelson (John Haig)
2098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2602Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1804Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1748Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1885Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1123A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1223Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1012Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10537Morohashi
1931A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
258Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
536Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1333Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1078Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
784Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1764Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lian4Pinyin reading
ryeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level