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悲
sad
Meanings
sad RTK
Community Mnemonic
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Saddness is like having your heart captured and jailed because of some sad or terrible event, etc. Here the sad heart waits for someone to come and un-lock their jail cell and set them free again.
Source: Kanji Koohii community
Radical Components
On'yomi
ひ
Kun'yomi
かな