Moto 哀: Pathetic; Grief; SorrowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- アイ
- Kun'yomi
- あわ(れ)、あわ(れむ)、かな(しい)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 77 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (アイ)
- 哀悼あいとうcondolence; regret
- 悲哀ひあいsorrow; grief
- 哀切あいせつpathetic; plaintive
- 哀愁あいしゅうpathos; sorrow
- 哀感あいかんpathos
- 哀歓あいかんjoys and sorrows; happiness and sadness
- 喜怒哀楽きどあいらくhuman emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
- 哀あいpity; sorrow
- 哀びんあいびんpity
- 哀傷あいしょうsorrow; grief
- 哀傷歌あいしょうかlament; elegy
- 哀別あいべつsad parting
- 哀叫あいきょうcrying loudly with sadness
- 哀史あいしsad story; tragic history
- 哀号あいごうmoan; wailing
- 哀咽あいえつbeing choked with tears
- 哀哀あいあいdeeply sad
- 哀哭あいこくgrief; mourning
- 哀弔あいちょうsympathetic condolences
- 哀思あいしsad feeling
- 哀恤あいじゅつhelping somebody out of pity
- 哀悼の意あいとうのいone's condolences; feelings of sympathy
- 哀悼痛惜あいとうつうせきcondolence; mourning
- 哀情あいじょうsadness
- 哀惜あいせきgrief; sorrow
- 哀愁漂うあいしゅうただようsorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
- 哀愍あいびんpity
- 哀慕あいぼcherish the memory of; yearn for
- 哀憐あいれんpity; compassion
- 哀憫あいびんpity
- 哀楽あいらくgrief and pleasure
- 哀歌あいかlament (song); elegy
- 哀求あいきゅうmaking a pressing appeal; appealing to pity
- 哀泣あいきゅうcrying with sadness
- 哀痛あいつうgrieving; mourning
- 哀絶あいぜつextremely sad (event, occurrence); great pity
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 哀れあわれpity; sorrow
- 哀れむあわれむto pity; to feel sympathy for
- もの哀しいものがなしいsad; melancholy
- 同病相哀れむどうびょうあいあわれむfellow sufferers pity each other
- 哀しいかなしいsad; miserable
- 哀しげかなしげseeming sad
- 哀しさかなしさsadness; sorrow
- 哀しみかなしみsadness; sorrow
- 哀しむかなしむto be sad; to mourn for
- 哀し気かなしげseeming sad
- 哀れがるあわれがるto feel sorry for; to pity
- 哀れっぽいあわれっぽいplaintive; piteous
- 哀れみあわれみpity; compassion
- 哀れ気あわれげsad; sorrowful
Other readings
- 可哀相かわいそうpoor; pitiable
- 可哀想かわいそうpoor; pitiable
- 可哀そうかわいそうpoor; pitiable
- 可哀そうにかわいそうにpoor thing!; pour soul!
- 可哀想にかわいそうにpoor thing!; pour soul!
- 可哀相にかわいそうにpoor thing!; pour soul!
- 哀々あいあいdeeply sad
- 哀みんあいびんpity
- 哀哉かなしいかなsad to say; how sad
- 哀毀骨立あいきこくりつlosing weight and becoming bony because of grief
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