可愛い

Meanings

1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
2. dear; precious; darling; pet
3. innocent; childlike; childish; lovable
4. dainty; little; tiny
5. precious to oneself; dear (to one)

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 可

  Meanings

  can, passable, approval

  On reading

  カ、コク

  Kun reading

  -べ.き、-べ.し

  Strokes

  5

• 愛

  Meanings

  love, affection, favourite

  On reading

  アイ

  Kun reading

  いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• この世にかわいい子はただ一人、母親にとってはそれはわが子。

  There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

  Tatoeba #220945 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 私にとって子供たちは目の中に入れてもいたくないほどかわいいのです。

  My children are very precious to me.

  Tatoeba #164768 · CC BY 2.0 FR