Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 粦 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (憐)
Simplified (怜)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
怜
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
怜
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
怜
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
怜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
怜 / 憐 [lián]
to pity
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
憐 れん
Ren female given name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
可怜 [kělián] #903
pitiful
怜悯 [liánmǐn] #5,795
to take pity on
可怜虫 [kěliánchóng] #8,491
pitiful creature
怜惜 [liánxī] #37,077
to take pity on
怜爱 [lián'ài] #42,939
to have tender affection for
同病相怜 [tóngbìngxiānglián] #24,901
fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
可怜巴巴 [kěliánbābā] #36,881
pathetic
爱怜 [àilián] #51,670
to show tenderness
怜香惜玉 [liánxiāngxīyù] #40,772
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
乞怜 [qǐlián] #30,557
to beg for pity
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
⭐ 哀れ [あわれ] #4,347
pity
⭐ 可憐 [かれん] #5,806
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming)
⭐ 哀れむ [あわれむ] #15,208
to pity
哀れみ [あわれみ] #19,070
pity
憐憫 [れんびん] #21,074
pity
自己憐憫 [じこれんびん] #73,539
self-pity
純情可憐 [じゅんじょうかれん] #89,857
pure of heart and pretty
哀憐 [あいれん] #103,130
pity
同病相憐れむ [どうびょうあいあわれむ] #111,111
fellow sufferers pity each other
愛憐 [あいれん] #128,137
sympathy
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KOREAN WORDS (1)