哀 — pathos/sorrow

JLPT N1 kanji · 9 strokes · on'yomi ai · kun'yomi awa·re.

A mouth (口) wrapped in mourning clothes (衣) — grief.

Example words

• 哀れ — aware — pity/pathos
• 悲哀 — hiai — sorrow

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