哀

Sorrow

Also: Pity, Pathetic, Grief, Pathos

On'yomi

  • あい ai

Kun'yomi

  • あわ(れ) aware
  • かな kana
Stroke count
9
Radical
口 mouth · Kangxi radical 30
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

哀 has 9 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 口 (mouth), number 30. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji