Memory phrase for the Kanji: 哀

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Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: a big hole 口

Clothes with a hole causes sorrow. - (cf. 褒 - And if you protect 保 your clothes 衣, you will be praised 褒 [ほ-める])

哀	to grieve
口	mouth	A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
衣	clothing	The radical koromo* 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.*

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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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