恋 — kanji meaning “romance”
恋
romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
- Meanings
- romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
- On'yomi
- レン (ren)
- Kun'yomi
- こ.う、こい、こい.しい
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1296 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- liàn — Chinese character page
Words with 恋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恋人 | こいびと koibito | lover; sweetheart; boyfriend |
| 恋愛 | れんあい ren'ai | love; romance; tender passion |
| 初恋 | はつこい hatsukoi | first love; puppy love |
| 恋する | こいする koisuru | to fall in love (with); to love |
| 失恋 | しつれん shitsuren | disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love |
| 恋しい | こいしい koishii | yearned for; longed for; missed |
| 恋心 | こいごころ koigokoro | (feelings of) love |
| 恋文 | こいぶみ koibumi | love letter |
| 悲恋 | ひれん hiren | blighted love; disappointed love |
| 恋歌 | こいうた koiuta | love song; love poem |
| 恋仲 | こいなか koinaka | being in love with each other |
| 色恋 | いろこい irokoi | sensual love; love affair |
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