恋

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

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
  • 𢣫 𦃳 𨄄 𪮠 𰰚

References
  • KangXi: 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, 恋, 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, 恋, 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.[3]
  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?"[4]

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proverbs
  • 恋(こい)に上(じょう)下(げ)の隔(へだ)てなし (koi ni jōge no hedate nashi)
  • 恋(こい)は曲(くせ)者(もの) (koi wa kusemono)
  • 恋(こい)は思(し)案(あん)の外(ほか) (koi wa shian no hoka)
  • 恋(こい)は盲(もう)目(もく) (koi wa mōmoku, “love is blind”)
  • 恋(こい)は闇(やみ) (koi wa yami, “love is dark → love is blind”)

See also

Proper noun

恋(こい) • (Koi) ←こひ (kofi)?

  1. a female given name

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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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