Kanji 悲

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: かなしい・かなしむ

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: こころ(心)

Meaning

Sad / Sorrow / Grieve

  • Basic forms
  • 悲しむ — to feel sad; to grieve / base form
  • 悲しみます — (I) feel sad / masu form
  • 悲しんだ — felt sad; grieved / ta form
  • 悲しんで — feeling sad; grieving / te form
  • 悲しまない — do not feel sad / negative
  • 悲しめば — if (someone) feels sad / conditional
  • 悲しめ — be sad! (rare) / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 悲しみたい — want to grieve (rare) / want to
  • 悲しめる — can feel sad (rare) / potential
  • 悲しめなかった — couldn’t grieve / negative potential
  • More
  • 悲しもう — let’s grieve / volitional
  • 悲しまなかった — did not feel sad / negative past
  • 悲しんでいる — is grieving; is feeling sad / progressive

悲しむ(かなしむ) is a godan verb. It expresses emotional sadness or grief, often used for events that cause pain or disappointment (e.g., 人の死を悲しむ).

  • かなしい — sad
  • かなしむ — to grieve / to be sad
  • 悲劇ひげき — tragedy
  • 悲運ひうん — misfortune
  • 悲鳴ひめい — shriek / scream
  • 悲報ひほう — sad news / obituary

The kanji expresses sadness and sorrow. It combines the radical for "heart" (心) with the sound element ヒ, emphasizing emotion. It appears in many emotional and literary words.

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