EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    charm; attractiveness; amiability; winsomeness

    彼女はけっして美人ではないが、何とも言えない愛敬がある。
    She is not at all a beauty, but she has an indescribable charm.
  2. courtesy; ingratiating behaviour

  3. entertainment; amusement; fun

    usu. as ご愛嬌see ご愛嬌

Also written 愛敬【あいきょう】

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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

attractive

Kun
なまめか.しい
On
キョウ
Strokes
15
Radical
woman

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3e12.1The Kanji Dictionary
4242.7Four corner code
5b0cUnicode hex code
1-53-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1256Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1268New Nelson (John Haig)
430Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
461Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6739Morohashi
437Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiao1Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading