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哀 — pathetic, grief, sorrow

N1 9 strokes #1715 most common

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Readings

音 アイ
訓 あわれ、あわれむ、かなしい
Meaning pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
नेपाली शोक · करुणा

How to remember it

亠なべぶた र 口くち, 衣ころも — शोक/करुणा; 喜怒哀楽きどあいらく = हर्ष-क्रोध-शोक-सुख।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

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Practice sheets

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Words using 哀

  • 喜怒哀楽きどあいらく emotions भावनाहरू (हर्ष-शोक) course
  • 哀愁あいしゅう pathos विषाद course
  • 悲哀ひあい sorrow करुणा/दुःख course
  • 哀願あいがん entreaty बिन्ती course
  • 哀悼あいとう condolence शोक course
  • 哀あわれ pity दयनीय/करुण course
  • 哀あわれむ to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with dictionary

Example sentences

Her emotions run intense.
उनको भावना (हर्ष-शोक) चर्को हुन्छ।
The song carries a note of melancholy.
त्यो गीतमा विषाद झल्किन्छ।