悲 – grieve, sad, deplore

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#1014 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 悲 means grieve, sad, deplore, regret. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かな.しい、かな.しむ (kanashii, kanashimu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	かな.しい	kanashii
Kun’yomi	かな.しむ	kanashimu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・非.

Words using 悲

悲しいかなしいsad悲劇ひげきtragedy悲しむかなしむto be sad悲観ひかんpessimism悲惨ひさんdisastrous悲鳴ひめいshriek

Example sentences

そんな悲しい目で見ないで。

Don't give me such a sad look.

Tatoeba #1502040

すべての悲劇は死で終わる。

All tragedies end with a death.

Tatoeba #214378

悲しんでいる彼女をそっとしておきなさい。

Do not obtrude upon her sorrow.

Tatoeba #85943

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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