哀 — pathetic, grief, sorrow

かなしい哀 pathetic

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+54C0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1715 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #428 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pathetic
grief
sorrow
pathos
pity
sympathize

word

かな kana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

哀(かな) しい kanashii sad

あい ai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

哀(あい) 愁(しゅう) aishuu pathos

あわ awa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

哀(あわ) れ aware pity

わい wai Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

可(か) 哀(わい) 想(そう) kawaisou pitiful

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ころも衣 garment #145

くち口 mouth #30

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth