漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
恋: romance, in love
Also: yearn for, miss, darling
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 亦 gives the sound
10 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
レンren · on'yomi · in compounds
- 恋愛れんあいlove affair
- 失恋するしつれんするbe broken hearted
こうkou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 恋うこうlove [v.t.]
こいkoi · kun'yomi
- 恋するこいするlove [v.t.]
- 恋こいlove [n.]
- 恋人こいびとlover
- 初恋はつこいfirst love
こいしいkoishii · kun'yomi
- 恋しいこいしいdear
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亦
Also built on also (亦)
The 亦 sound family doesn't share one reading.
Also read レン
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side恋 romance · 心
vs変 unusual · 夂In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 戀 · liàn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 恋. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 戀.
- Simplified
- 恋 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 戀 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin liàn 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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