漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
怜: wise
JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 令 is drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
レイrei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 怜悧れいりclever; bright; sharp
- 怜悧狡猾れいりこうかつcunning; crafty; shrewd
Also read レン, リョウ, あわれむ, さとい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
令
Also built on orders (令)
Also read レン
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side怜 wise · 忄
vs伶 actor · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lián
Same form: 怜 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 怜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 怜 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lián most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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