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RTK / HeisigFrame #1763

悲

sad

Lv 27

Strokes: 12

JLPT: N3

Jōyō: Grade 3

Radical Components

心heart
?jailed
?jail cell

Meanings

sad RTK

Community Mnemonic

▲ 582 votes

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

On'yomi

ひ

Kun'yomi

かな

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