Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: repent, regret

Kunyomi: く.いる く.やむ くや.しい

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: heart

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カイコン regret, remorse, repentance, contrition

カイゴ remorse, repentance

ツウカイ contrition, extreme regret, contrition (in Catholicism)

Kunyomi Examples

いる くいる to regret

やむ くやむ to mourn, to lament, to be sorry, to regret, to repent

しい くやしい frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice), annoyed, chagrined, (bitterly) disappointed, bitter, vexed, frustrating, annoying, regrettable