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哀

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Frequency rank 1272 / 2,608

Pathetic

On’yomi
あい
Kun’yomi
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Radical
口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 如 (Likeness), less common than 尻 (Butt).

A mouth in the center wrapped in clothes around it — a mouth clothed in sorrow, covered and muffled, sounds truly pathetic.

In words

哀れ あわれ helpless,pity,sorrow,griefN3
可哀想 かわいそう poor;pitiable;patheticN1

哀 is rank 1272 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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