Memory phrase for the character: 慨

慨

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Meaning

deplore, lament, grieve, be sad, sigh

Pronunciation

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Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: already, before 既 (It's 'not good' 艮 that the tusk 牙 is so crooked, but it has already happened before.)

Mnemonic
 
(He has a toothache:) The feelings at a not-good tusk 牙 are deploring.

Radicals

忄 feelingsRadical name: risshin
既 already,
艮 not goodThis radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"
牙 tusk of an elephantSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.




 Vocabulary

慨する がいする  to regret, to deplore
憤慨 ふんがい  indignation, resentment
慨嘆 がいたん  deploring; lamentation

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