13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N3

love, affection, favourite

Kun'yomi
  • lovely ②pitiable
  • sad ②sad
  • to love ②to admire
  • to be frugal ②to value ③to regret (e.g. a loss) ④to be unwilling
  • まな
    beloved
On'yomi
  • love ②attachment ③agape
Nanori
  • あし
  • かな
  • なる
  • めぐ
  • めぐみ
  • よし
  • ちか

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

アイ 93.7%
いとしい 5.4%
でる 0.5%
まな 0.2%
0.2%
0.1%

Character Breakdown

love, affection, favourite
アイ いと.しい め.でる (4th, N3)
claw radical (no. 87)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

love ②attachment ③agape
lovely ②pitiable
to love one another ②to have sex
amiability ②fondness (of someone) ③compliments ④hospitality
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 611B
JIS X 0208 1-16-6
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2829
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1927
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2492
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3133
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1606
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2191
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 737
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 796
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 436
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2018
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 456
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10947
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 417
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 259
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 259
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 339
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 545
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 441
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 602
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 268
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1079
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 790
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 745
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4i10.1
Four corner code 2024.7
De Roo Code 2067