# 惨 — Disaster

Frequency rank 1601 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 拙 (Clumsy), less common than 彫 (Carve).

- On’yomi: さん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

A heart on the left faces three marks and something private on the right — the heart privately suffers three terrible disasters, each one worse than the last.

In words:

- 惨め みじめ — miserable
- 悲惨 ひさん — misery

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