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悲

JLPT N3 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #1014

Meanings

Grieve, Sad, Deplore, Regret

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱非心

Etymology

Pictophonetic: heart

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 rising left-to-right

5 vertical right-to-left

6 horizontal right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-to-top

10 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒ hi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かな kana

Words Using This Kanji

63 words total

Other (20 words)

indignation

sad to say

sad

adversity

elegy

sad or tragic story

tragicomedy

pessimism

grief

pessimist

grief

elegy

great compassion and mercy

seeming sad

to feel sorrow

sadness

sad

tragic love story

mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent)

悲ひ

karuna (compassion)

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