This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: レン、あわ.れむ、あわ.れ
Romaji: ren, awa.remu, awa.re
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pity, have mercy, sympathise, compassion

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  61
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-13
Korean Reading:  ryeon
Chinese Reading:  lian2
Unicode:  6190
JIS:  4E79

Indexes

Halpern Index: 731
Nelson Index: 1772
New Nelson Index: 1987
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k13.4
Four Corner Index: 9905.9
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11206
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.1180
Remembering the kanji Index: 2051
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 692
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2208
Kodansha Kanji Index: 945

Words

可憐 (かれん)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
哀れ (あわれ)
pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos; pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable; alack; alas
哀憐 (あいれん)
pity; compassion
紅顔可憐 (こうがんかれん)
youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
純真可憐 (じゅんしんかれん)
pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful
哀れむ (あわれむ)
to commiserate; to pity; to have mercy on; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate (e.g. the moon, flowers)
哀れみ (あわれみ)
pity; compassion
愛憐 (あいれん)
sympathy
純情可憐 (じゅんじょうかれん)
pure of heart and beautiful
同病相憐れむ (どうびょうあいあわれむ)
fellow sufferers pity each other
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