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惚 — kanji meaning “fall in love with”

fall in love with, admire, grow senile

Meanings
fall in love with, admire, grow senile
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
11
School grade
9
Newspaper frequency
#2486 of 2,500
Classical radical
61
Chinese reading
hū — Chinese character page

Words with 惚

WordReadingMeaning
こうこつ koukotsuecstasy; rapture; trance
ほれる horeruto fall in love (with); to fall for; to become enamored (with)
うぬぼれ unuboreconceit; vanity; pride
ぼけ bokefool; idiot
うぬぼれる unuboreruto be conceited
ほれぼれ horeborefondly; admiringly; with fascination
とぼけ tobokefeigned ignorance; assumed innocence
のろけ norokespeaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
みほれる mihoreruto be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by
とぼける tobokeruto play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent
ほれこむ horekomuto be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by)
ほうける houkeruto be mentally slow; to be befuddled

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.