恋人

こいびと

lover, sweetheart

Mnemonic

The person 人 your heart is tangled round 恋, the coy sort rather than the settled sort, and a different word from the one you married. He lost his: こいびと.

Built from

恋

romantic love

心 a heart at the bottom with everything tangled up above it. The romantic sort, not the steady sort.

人

person

A pictograph, a figure walking, seen from the side.

Words sharing these kanji

恋 love, romance 人 person 人 person from (nationality)人間 human being, people 人生 (human) life 本人 the person in question 人物 character, person 他人 another person, stranger 大人 adult 人々 people 友人 friend 犯人 criminal, culprit

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