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RTK / HeisigFrame #644

忌

mourning

Lv 59

Strokes: 7

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

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mourning RTK

Community Mnemonic

▲ 685 votes

Remember the tale of Cleopatra? She was mourning the loss of her Marc Antony, so she placed the asp snake to her heart.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

On'yomi

き

Kun'yomi

い