This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コツ、ほけ.る、ぼ.ける、ほ.れる
Romaji: kotsu, hoke.ru, bo.keru, ho.reru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

fall in love with, admire, grow senile

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  61
Frequency:  2486
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  hol
Chinese Reading:  hu1
Unicode:  60da
JIS:  397B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1711
New Nelson Index: 1893
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k8.10
Four Corner Index: 9703.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10811
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.1083
Remembering the kanji Index: 2277
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 440
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2376
Kodansha Kanji Index: 584

Words

惚れる (ほれる)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
恍惚 (こうこつ)
ecstasy; trance
惚気る (のろける)
to play up; to speak fondly of; to praise one's spouse
自惚れ (うぬぼれ)
pretension; conceit; hubris
寝ぼけ (ねぼけ)
(being) half asleep
惚れ込む (ほれこむ)
to be charmed by
寝惚け眼 (ねぼけまなこ、ねとぼけまなこ)
sleepy eyes; drowsy look
時差ぼけ (じさぼけ)
jet-lag
自惚れる (うぬぼれる)
to be conceited
寝ぼける (ねぼける)
to be half asleep; to be still only half awake
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