Memory phrase for the character: 哀

哀

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Meaning

sorrow, sad, distress, grief

Pronunciation

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aware/remu

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

哀 to grieveClothes 衣 with a hole causes sorrow 口.
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.




 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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