憐
憐

pity, have mercy, sympathise, compassion

15 strokesGrade 9

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レン

Kun

あわ.れむあわ.れ

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Common Words

哀れ憐れ憫れあわれあはれFreq #4347
1

Common noun

pity; sorrow; grief; misery; compassion; pathos

Examples
彼女は哀れを誘う有様だった。
She was in a piteous state.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

pitiable; pitiful; pathetic; miserable

Examples
彼は神にあわれな少女を助けてくださいと祈った。
He prayed to God to help the poor girl.
3

Interjection

alack; alas

可憐かれんNoun～な Adj.Freq #5806
1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute

2

pitiful; pitiable

哀れむ憐れむあわれむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15208
1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

Examples
人々はその孤児を哀れんだ。
People took pity on the orphan.
2

哀れむ only; Poetical term

to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

哀れみ憐れみあわれみ憫れみ愍れみNoun～の Adj.Freq #19070
1

pity; compassion

Examples
暴君の心は哀れみの情で和らいだ。
The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.
憐憫憐愍れんびんNounFreq #21074
1

pity; compassion; mercy

自己憐憫じこれんびんNounFreq #73539
1

self-pity

純情可憐じゅんじょうかれんNoun～な Adj.四字熟語Freq #89857
1

pure of heart and pretty

哀憐あいれんNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #103130
1

pity; compassion

同病相憐れむ同病相哀れむどうびょうあいあわれむExpressionGodan verbFreq #111111
1

Proverb

fellow sufferers pity each other

愛憐あいれんNoun～する VerbFreq #128137
1

sympathy

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