The kanji 恋: meaning, readings and stroke order
恋
- Meaning
- love, longing
- On reading
- レン ren
- Kun reading
- こ(う) kou、こい koi、こい(しい) koishii
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 戀
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tình yêu, nhớ thương (luyến)
- Japanese
- こい。すきで たまらない。
- Korean
- 사랑, 그리움 (련·연)
- Chinese
- 恋爱、思念
Readings, words and example sentences
レン ren · on reading · less common
恋愛
love, romance
恋愛の 話が 出て きます。
There is a love story in it.
こ(う) kou · kun reading · less common
恋う
to long for, to miss
遠い ふるさとを 恋います。
I long for my faraway hometown.
こい koi · kun reading
恋
love (romantic)
はじめての 恋の 思い出です。
It is a memory of my first love.
こい(しい) koishii · kun reading · less common
恋しい
missed, longed for
ふるさとが 恋しく なります。
I start to miss my hometown.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.