Kanji1 / 9
哀 kanji
pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
アイ
Kun readings
あわれあわれむかなしい
Words with 哀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —哀訴嘆願plea; entreaty; supplication
- —哀悼の意one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
- —哀毀骨立losing weight and becoming bony because of grief
- —哀愁漂うsorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
- —女工哀史The Tragic History of Female Factory Workers (reportage by Wakizo Hosoi, 1925); The Pathetic Life of Mill Girls
- —哀調を帯びたplaintive (melody, tone, etc.); sad; mournful; doleful; sorrowful
- —哀憫pity
- —哀哀deeply sad
- —哀恤helping someone out of pity
- —哀びんpity
- —哀みんpity
- —哀別離苦the pain of separation from loved ones
- —哀訴歎願plea; entreaty; supplication
- —哀調をおびたplaintive (melody, tone, etc.); sad; mournful; doleful; sorrowful