The Japanese Radical: 哀

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Meaning
to grieve    哀

Explanation

Used in these characters:
哀
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 sorrow, sad, distress, grief
aware/remu, AI
 哀 口 衣
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])
還
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 return, restore
KAN
 辶 罒 哀
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.
環
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 ring, circular, environment
wa, KAN
 王 罒 哀
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].
衰
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 become weak, to decline, wither, fade
otoroeru, SUI
 衣 哀
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.
喪
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 mourn, loss, miss, death
mo, SŌ
 口 十 哀
From top: ten 十, two mouths 口, simple var. of clothes 衣
A cross 十, two coffins/cascets 口 and simple clothes are signs of mourning. (Or: It is also sorrow 哀 with two holes ロロ in the clothes 衣.)
衷
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 inner feeling, inmost, heart, unprejudiced
CHŪ
 衣 哀 中
In the center: middle/center 中, rest: clothes 衣
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.

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