Onyomi: レン · Kunyomi: こ.う, こい, こい.しい · Meanings: darling, in love, miss, romance, yearn for
Kanji for darling, in love, miss, romance, yearn for
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恋 is made from 心 (heart) at the bottom and 亦 on the top. 心 represents emotions and feelings. 亦 works mainly as a sound and can suggest something that repeats. When feelings keep returning to the heart again and again, the heart becomes attached and restless. From this image of recurring feelings in the heart, 恋 came to mean love, especially romantic longing.
恋 is a heart filled again and again with longing.
Imagine your heart (心) being pulled back to the same person repeatedly (亦). Those returning feelings of attachment are 恋.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 恋 | こい | (romantic) love | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 恋人 | こいびと | lover, sweetheart, boyfriend, girlfriend | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 恋愛 | れんあい | love, love-making, passion, emotion, affections | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 恋しい | こいしい | yearned for, longed for, missed | common JLPT-N2 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 恋する | こいする | to fall in love (with), to love | common JLPT-N1 Suru verb - included, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 恋文 | こいぶみ | love letter | Noun |
| 恋歌 | こいうた | love song, love poem | Noun |
| 恋心 | こいごころ | (feelings of) love | Noun |
| 恋人同士 | こいびとどうし | pair of lovers, girlfriend and boyfriend | Noun |
| 恋愛対象 | れんあいたいしょう | object of romantic interest | Noun |