EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute

  2. pitiful; pitiable

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

can, passable, approval

Kun
-べ.き-べ.し
On
コク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
314 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-3SKIP code
3d2.12The Kanji Dictionary
1062.0Four corner code
3149deroo
53efUnicode hex code
1-18-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
24Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
701New Nelson (John Haig)
2969New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3687Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1882Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
93Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
97Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
510A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
165Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3245Morohashi
816A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
388Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744sakade
397Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655henshall3
647Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
463crowley
412Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
314Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
94Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ke3, ke4Pinyin reading
ga, geugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pity, have mercy, sympathise, compassion

Kun
あわ.れむあわ.れ
On
レン
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
heart

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-13, 1-3-12, 1-1-15SKIP code
4k13.4The Kanji Dictionary
9905.9Four corner code
6190Unicode hex code
1-46-89JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1772Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1987New Nelson (John Haig)
731New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
692Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2051Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2208Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11206Morohashi
lian2Pinyin reading
ryeonKorean reading