Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 哀


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Meaning

sorrow, sad, distress, grief

Pronunciation

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aware/remu

Explanation

Top and bottom: clothes , center: a big hole

Mnemonic

Clothes with a hole causes sorrow.

Radicals

to grieve
mouth(A small square stands for the mouth, and a big square is an enclosure.)
clothing(The radical koromo is often used in a simplified stroke count as .)
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Vocabulary

悲哀 ひあい sadness, dolorousness
哀愁 あいしゅう Grief, sorrow, sadness
哀歌 あいか elegy, sad song, lament (song)
哀れ あわれ helpless, pity, sorrow, grief, misery

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