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to grieve 哀
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哀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sorrow, sad, distress, grief
aware/remu, AI
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口
衣
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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])
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還
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| return, restore
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Left: movement 辶, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= Clothes 衣 with a big hole 口 causes sorrow.)
The eyes show sorrow (i.e. about where we are) and thus we need a movement of return.
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環
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| ring, circular, environment
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Left: king 王, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow.)
The king's eyes have (tears of) sorrow when seeing the environment = 環境 [かんきょう].
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衰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| become weak, to decline, wither, fade
otoroeru, SUI
衣
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Sorrow, distress 哀 (Clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow,) with a further dash 一 for a cut, that duplicates the hole
The clothes with the many holes showed the decline.
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喪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mourn, loss, miss, death
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From top: ten 十, two mouths 口, simple var. of clothes 衣
A cross 十, two coffins/caskets 口 and simple clothes are signs of mourning. (Or: It is also sorrow 哀 with two holes ロロ in the clothes 衣.)
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衷
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| inner feeling, inmost, heart, unprejudiced
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In the center: middle/center 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
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