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  • 婆
  • 虹

47 哀 Pathetic

Radical Combination

  • 亠 Lid
  • 口 Mouth
  • kick Kick

Readings

On’yomi

あい

Kun’yomi

あわ

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

With a lid, you hit yourself in the mouth and then kick it like a pathetic loser. You kick the lid, even though it is your fault that you hit yourself in the mouth with it. It’s not the lid’s fault. You don’t need to kick it. You’re being pathetic.

Hints

Imagine kicking this lid and with each kick you feel a little bit more pathetic. Your mouth hurts a lot too.

Reading Mnemonic

You kick the lid one last time and it bounces off the wall and hits you in the eye (あい). How pathetic. You are a pathetic mess. You should have never kicked the lid. Now both your eye and your mouth are in pain, you pathetic fool, you.

Hints

Hold your eye with one hand and your mouth with the other. Feel them pulse in pain as you reflect on how pathetic you are today.

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 衰
    • すい
    • Decline

Found In Vocabulary

  • 可哀想
    • かわいそう
    • Pitiful
  • 哀れ
    • あわれ
    • Pity
  • 悲哀
    • ひあい
    • Sorrow
  • 哀れむ
    • あわれむ
    • To Pity
  • 哀悼
    • あいとう
    • Condolence
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