憐 — ryeon

Parts that make up 憐

How 憐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 憐 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 粦.

Korean example words with 憐

• 애련哀憐 Korean gloss: 애처롭고 가엾게 여김
• 애련愛憐 Korean gloss: 어리거나 약한 사람을 가엾게 여기어 사랑함
• 연민하다憐憫 Korean gloss: 불쌍하고 가련하게 여기다
• 연민감憐憫感 Korean gloss: 불쌍하고 가련한 느낌
• 가련미可憐美 Korean gloss: 가엾고 불쌍한 데서 느껴지는 아름다움
• 수련垂憐 Korean gloss: 가련히 여겨 돌봄.
• 연찰憐察 Korean gloss: 불쌍히 여겨 살핌.
• 연서憐恕 Korean gloss: 불쌍히 여겨 용서함.
• 연애憐愛 Korean gloss: 불쌍하게 여겨 사랑함.
• 자련慈憐 Korean gloss: 자애를 베풀며 가엾게 여김.
• 연휼憐恤 Korean gloss: 불쌍히 여겨 물품을 주며 도와줌.
• 동병상련同病相憐 Korean gloss: 같은 병을 앓는 사람끼리 서로 가엾게 여긴다는 뜻으로, 어려운 처지에 있는 사람끼리 서로 가엾게 여김을 이르는 말. ≪오월춘추

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 憐

• 可憐かれん sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute
• 哀憐あいれん pity; compassion
• 憐憫れんびん pity; compassion; mercy
• 愛憐あいれん sympathy
• 憐情れんじょう compassion; pity
• 憐察れんさつ pity; mercy; compassion
• 可憐しいいじらしい lovable; sweet; charming
• 純情可憐じゅんじょうかれん pure of heart and pretty
• 紅顔可憐こうがんかれん youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
• 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
• 相憐れむあいあわれむ to pity (one another); to commiserate

Characters sharing the phonetic 粦

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “린” in Korean.

Other hanja read “련”

Other hanja with radical 心