恋 means “romantic love”

こい · koi

Also: romance, in love, yearn for, miss

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こう, こい, こいしい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レン

Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A heart tangled in longing: romantic love is the beautiful ache of reaching toward another soul.

Used in 恋する (koisuru, to fall in love) and 恋人 (koibito, lover)

More from Feelings & Emotions

• 希 hope
• 望 wish
• 怖 scary
• 恥 shame
• 驚 surprise
• 寂 lonely
• 優 gentle
• 思 think
• 感 feel
• 懐 nostalgic
• 悲 sad
• 怒 anger

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.