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The Radical: 哀
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to grieve 哀
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哀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sorrow, sad, distress, grief
aware/remu, AI Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: a big hole 口
Clothes with a hole causes sorrow.
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哀
口
衣
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還
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return, restore
KAN Left: movement 辶, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= Clothes 衣 with a big hole 口 causes sorrow.)
The eyes show sorrow (i.e. about where we are) and thus we need a movement of return.
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罒
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環
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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ring, circular, environment
wa, KAN Left: king 王, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow.)
The king's eyes have (tears of) sorrow when seeing the environment = 環 境 [かんきょう].
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罒
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衰
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become weak, to decline, wither, fade
otoroeru, SUI Sorrow, distress 哀 (Clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow,) with a further dash 一 for a cut, that duplicates the hole
The clothes with the many holes showed the decline.
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衣
哀
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喪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mourn, loss, miss, death
mo, SŌ From top: ten 十, two mouths 口, simple var. of clothes 衣
A cross 十, two coffins/cascets 口 and simple clothes are signs of mourning. (Or: It is also sorrow 哀 with two holes ロロ in the clothes 衣.)
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十
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衷
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inner feeling, inmost, heart, unprejudiced
CHŪ In the center: middle/center 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
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衣
哀
中
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