The kanji 悲: meaning, readings and stroke order
悲
- Meaning
- sad
- On reading
- ヒ hi
- Kun reading
- かな(しい) kanashii、かな(しむ) kanashimu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- buồn (bi)
- Japanese
- かなしい。
- Korean
- 슬프다 (비)
- Chinese
- 悲伤、难过
Readings, words and example sentences
ヒ hi · on reading · less common
悲鳴
scream
暗い 道で 悲鳴が 聞こえました。
I heard a scream on the dark road.
かな(しい) kanashii · kun reading
悲しい
sad
その 話は とても 悲しいです。
That story is very sad.
かな(しむ) kanashimu · kun reading
悲しむ
to feel sad, to grieve
犬が 死んで みんな 悲しみました。
Our dog died, and everyone was sad.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.