恋

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See also: 戀
恋 U+604B, 恋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-604B
← 恊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 恌 →

Translingual

Japanese 恋
Simplified 恋
Traditional 戀

Han character

恋 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜金心 (YCP), four-corner 00333, composition ⿱𰁜心 or ⿱亦心)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 383, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10537
  • Dae Jaweon: page 714, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2292, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+604B

Usage notes

In the Kangxi dictionary (正字通), this character is listed as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 戀.

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 恋 – see 戀 (“to love; to long for; to yearn for; to feel attached to”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 戀).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 恋 – see 甚 (“serious; extreme; excessive; extremely; considerably; very; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 甚).

Japanese

Shinjitai

恋

Kyūjitai

戀

Kanji

恋

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戀)

  1. attach
  2. love

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Etymology

Kanji in this term
恋
こい
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戀 (kyūjitai)

⟨ko1pi2⟩ → /kʷopʷɨ/ → /kofi/ → /kowi/ → /koi/

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 恋う (kou, “to love, yearn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

恋(こい) • (koi) ←こひ (kofi)?

  1. love, especially romantic love
    • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 815; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 65)
      恨(うら)みわびほさぬ袖(そで)だにあるものを恋(こひ)に朽(く)ちなむ名(な)こそ惜(を)しけれ
      urami wabi hosanu sode dani aru mono o koi ni kuchinan na koso oshikere
      Anger and sorrow have made my never-dry sleeves a complete ruin―but still more hateful to me is love's ruin of my good name.
  2. longing, yearning
    • c. 1005–07, Shūi Wakashū (book 11, poem 622; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 40)
      しのぶれど色(いろ)に出(い)でにけりわが恋(こひ)は物(もの)や思(おも)ふと人(ひと)の問(と)ふまで
      shinoburedo iro ni idenikeri waga koi wa mono ya omou to hito no tou made
      Even though I hide it, it shows all over my face, such is my longing so that people ask me "What are you thinking about?"

Derived terms

Derived terms

Proverbs

See also

Proper noun

恋(こい) • (Koi) ←こひ (kofi)?

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 227
  4. ^ Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 260

Korean

Hanja

恋 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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