哀

哀 — pathetic, grief, sorrow

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1715 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: あい ai
Kun'yomi: あわ.れ awa.re

あわ.れむ awa.remu

かな.しい kana.shii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 哀

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

哀れあわれ pity JLPT N3