哀あい愍びん

also: あいみん

哀愍する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	哀あい愍びんする	哀あい愍びんしない
Polite	哀あい愍びんします	哀あい愍びんしません
Past polite	哀あい愍びんしました	哀あい愍びんしませんでした
Past	哀あい愍びんした	哀あい愍びんしなかった
Te-form	哀あい愍びんして	哀あい愍びんしないで
Desire	哀あい愍びんしたい	哀あい愍びんしたくない
Potential	哀あい愍びんできる	哀あい愍びんできない
Passive	哀あい愍びんされる	哀あい愍びんされない
Causative	哀あい愍びんさせる	哀あい愍びんさせない
Causative passive	哀あい愍びんさせられる	哀あい愍びんさせられない
Volitional	哀あい愍びんしよう
Polite volitional	哀あい愍びんしましょう
Imperative	哀あい愍びんしろ	哀あい愍びんするな
Conditional	哀あい愍びんすれば	哀あい愍びんしなければ
Tara conditional	哀あい愍びんしたら	哀あい愍びんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

pity; compassion; mercy

A formal, literary term for deep pity or compassion. Rare in modern everyday speech; more common in Buddhist or classical contexts. Can be used as a suru-verb (哀愍する) meaning 'to take pity on'.

仏ほとけの哀あい愍びんを願ねがう。
I pray for the Buddha's compassion.
彼かれは貧まずしい人ひと々びとを哀あい愍びんした。
He took pity on the poor people.

Kanji

哀pathetic, grief, sorrow
愍pity, mercy, compassion
憫anxiety, mercy

Related words

哀あわれみ
哀れみ is the common modern word for pity or compassion. 哀愍 is a much rarer, formal, and often religious term.
慈じ悲ひ
慈悲 is a common Buddhist term for mercy and compassion. 哀愍 is similar but even more literary and less frequently used.

Written forms

哀愍Usage100%
- あいびん
  Rare kanji spelling; 愍 is not a jōyō kanji. The reading あいびん is the most common for this form.
- あいみん
哀憫
- あいびん
  Variant kanji spelling; 憫 is also non-jōyō. Same reading as 哀愍.
- あいみん
哀あいびん
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; included as a search aid. Not a standard written form.
哀あいみん
Mixed kana-kanji spelling for the reading あいみん; included as a search aid.
あいみん

Etymology

From Chinese 哀愍 (āimǐn), meaning pity or compassion. The kanji 哀 means 'sorrow' and 愍/憫 means 'pity'. The word entered Japanese as a literary term, often used in Buddhist writings.