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憐

pity, have mercy, sympathise, compassion

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Readings

On'yomi

  • レン

Kun'yomi

  • あわ.れむ
  • あわ.れ

Meaning

憐 centers on a heartfelt response to suffering: feeling pity, showing mercy, sympathizing, or acting with compassion.

Most common words using 憐

  • 可憐かれん

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

  • 憐憫れんびん

    pity; compassion; mercy

  • 可憐しいいじらしい

    lovable; sweet; charming

  • 同病相憐れむどうびょうあいあわれむ

    fellow sufferers pity each other

  • 哀憐あいれん

    pity; compassion

  • 愛憐あいれん

    sympathy

  • 憐察れんさつ

    pity; mercy; compassion

  • 憐情れんじょう

    compassion; pity

  • 相憐れむあいあわれむ

    to pity (one another); to commiserate

  • 紅顔可憐こうがんかれん

    youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet

  • 純情可憐じゅんじょうかれん

    pure of heart and pretty

  • 純真可憐じゅんしんかれん

    pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful

  • 自己憐憫じこれんびん

    self-pity

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Etymology

憐 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 粦, which likely contributes the sound レン and may have originally suggested a sense of pity or compassion.

Meaning mnemonic

The heart radical 忄 beside 粦 suggests a heart moved by the sight of suffering. Picture a compassionate heart reaching out to someone in need.

Reading mnemonic

For レン, imagine a compassionate person lending a hand: lend -> レン, and the heart 忄 reaches out to help.