View source for 恋

{{also|戀}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{ja-forms|恋|恋|[[戀]]}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=61|rad=心|as=06|sn=10|four=00333|canj=YCP|ids=⿱𰁜心,⿱亦心}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𢣫]] [[𦃳]] [[𨄄]] [[𪮠]] [[𰰚]]}}

====Related characters====
* {{l|mul|[[戀]]}} ''({{w|Traditional Chinese|Traditional form}} of 恋)''

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0383.360|dkj=10537|dj=0714.120|hdz=42292.070|uh=604B}}

====Usage notes====
In the {{w|Kangxi dictionary}} ({{w|Zhengzitong|正字通}}), this character is listed as an [[unorthodox]] form ([[俗字]]) of [[戀]].

==Chinese==

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-see|戀|sv}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-see|甚|v}}

==Japanese==
{{ja-kanji forms|恋|戀}}

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|rs=心06|kyu=戀}}

# [[attach]]
# [[love]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=れん
|kanon=れん
|kun=こ-う<こ-ふ, こい-<こひ-, こい-し.い<こひ-し.い
}}

====Compounds====
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* {{ja-r|恋%恋|れん%れん|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|恋%々|れん%れん}}
* {{ja-r|恋%愛|れん%あい}}
* {{ja-r|恋%歌|れん%か}}
* {{ja-r|恋%情|れん%じょう}}
* {{ja-r|恋%着|れん%ちゃく}}
* {{ja-r|恋%慕|れん%ぼ}}
* {{ja-r|愛%恋|あい%れん}}
* {{ja-r|遠%恋|えん%れん}}
* {{ja-r|失%恋|しつ%れん}}
* {{ja-r|邪%恋|じゃ%れん}}
* {{ja-r|悲%恋|ひ%れん}}
* {{ja-r|秘%恋|ひ%れん}}
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===Etymology===
{{ja-kanjitab|こい|yomi=k}}
{{IPAfont|⟨ko<sub>1</sub>pi<sub>2</sub>⟩}} → {{IPAchar|/kʷopʷɨ/}} → {{IPAchar|/kofi/}} → {{IPAchar|/kowi/}} → {{IPAchar|/koi/}}

From {{inh|ja|ojp|sort=こい|-}}.

The {{m|ja|連用形|tr=ren'yōkei||stem or continuative form}} of verb {{m|ja|恋う|tr=kou||to [[love]], [[yearn]]}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ja-pron|こい|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}
* {{homophones|ja|濃い|故意|鯉|sort=こい}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|こい|hhira=こひ}}

# [[love]], ''especially'' [[romantic]] love
#* {{RQ:Goshuishu|14|815; also ''{{w|Hyakunin Isshu}}'', poem 65}}
#*: {{ja-usex|恨みわびほさぬ袖だにあるものを'''恋'''に朽ちなむ名こそ惜しけれ|うらみ わび ほさぬ そで だに ある もの を '''こひ''' に くちなむ な こそ をしけれ|rom=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.<ref>{{cite-book|year=1991|author=Steven D. Carter|title=Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology|edition=illustrated|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=0-8047-2212-9|page=227}}</ref>|sort=こい}}
# [[longing]], [[yearning]]
#* {{RQ:Shuishu|11|622; also ''{{w|Ogura Hyakunin Isshu|Hyakunin Isshu}}'', poem 40}}
#*: {{ja-usex|しのぶれど色に出でにけりわが'''恋'''は物や思ふと人の問ふまで|しのぶれど いろ に いでにけり わが '''こひ''' は もの や おもふ と ひと の とふ まで|rom=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?"<ref>{{cite-book|year=1996|author=Joshua S. Mostow |title=Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image|edition=illustrated|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=0-8248-1705-2|page=260}}</ref>|sort=こい}}

====Derived terms====
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* {{ja-r|恋しい|こいし.い}}
* {{ja-r|恋する|こいする}}
* {{ja-r|恋%歌|こい%うた}}
* {{ja-r|恋%占い|こい%-うらない}}
* {{ja-r|恋%歌|こい%か}}
* {{ja-r|恋%風|こい%かぜ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%活|こい%かつ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%心|こい%ごころ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%路|こい%じ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%塚|こい%づか}}
* {{ja-r|恋%疲れ|こい%づかれ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%妻|こい%づま}}
* {{ja-r|恋%仲|こい%なか}}
* {{ja-r|恋%猫|こい%ねこ}}
* {{ja-r|恋の悩み|こい の なやみ}}
* {{ja-r|恋の闇|こい の やみ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%人|こい%びと}}
* {{ja-r|恋%文|こい%ぶみ}}
* {{ja-r|恋%水|こい%みず}}
* {{ja-r|恋 物%語|こい もの%がたり}}
* {{ja-r|恋%敵|こい%がたき}}
* {{ja-r|恋%病|こい%やまい}}
* {{ja-r|恋%煩い|こい%わずらい|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|恋%患い|こい%わずらい}}
* {{ja-r|色%恋|いろ%こい}}
* {{ja-r|片%恋|かた%こい}}
* {{ja-r|妻%恋|つま%ごい}}
* {{ja-r|初%恋|はつ%こい}}
* {{ja-r|秘%恋|ひめ%ごい}}
* {{ja-r|諸%恋|もろ%ごい}}
* {{ja-r|恋%話|こい%ばな|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|恋%バナ|こい%バナ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r|恋%ばな|こい%ばな}}
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====Proverbs====
* {{ja-r|恋に上%下の隔てなし|こい に じょう%げ の へだて なし}}
* {{ja-r|恋は曲%者|こい は くせ%もの}}
* {{ja-r|恋は思%案の外|こい は し%あん の ほか}}
* {{ja-r|恋は盲%目|こい は もう%もく|[[love is blind]]}}
* {{ja-r|恋は闇|こい は やみ|love is dark → love is blind}}

====See also====
* {{ja-r|愛|あい}}

===Proper noun===
{{ja-pos|proper|こい|hhira=こひ}}

# {{given name|ja|female|sort=こい}}

===References===
<references/>

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=[[련]]>[[연]]|eumhun=|rv=ryeon>yeon|mr=ryŏn>yŏn|y=lyen>yen}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=心06}}