9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

repent, regret

Kun'yomi
  • to regret
  • to mourn ②to be sorry
  • frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
On'yomi
  • カイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くやしい 46.1%
カイ 40.0%
いるやむ 14.0%

Character Breakdown

repent, regret
くや.しい カイ く.いる (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
every
マイ ごと つね (2nd, N5)
person(人) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)

Common Words

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
crying from vexation
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References

Unicode hex code 6094
JIS X 0208 1-18-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1682
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1848
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 365
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 435
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 270
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 324
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 625
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 672
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1950
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1166
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10617P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1063
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1733
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1855
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1296
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1254
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1219
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 812
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 632
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k6.12
Four corner code 9805.5
De Roo Code 1147