憐: pity

pity; compassion

16 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 4 words here

Readings

レン

Kun

あわれむ・あわれ

In 可憐 the meaning is sweet and delicate; in 憐れむ it is to pity. Compare 哀れ, which has the same reading あわれ.

可憐かれんsweet; lovely and delicate

憐れむあわれむto pity

憐れみあわれみpity; compassion

憐憫れんびんpity; compassion

道みちばたに咲さく可憐かれんな花はなに目めをとめた。

I noticed a sweet little flower blooming by the roadside.

彼かれは捨すてられた子犬こいぬを憐あわれんで、家いえに連つれて帰かえった。

He took pity on the abandoned puppy and brought it home.

彼女かのじょの言葉ことばには、憐憫れんびんの情じょうがこもっていた。

Her words were filled with a feeling of pity.