悲伤
bēi shāng · HSK 5
sad
😢 悲伤 = sorrow + wound; both characters mean grief
悲 (bēi) means sorrow and 伤 (shāng) means wound or injury — together they form a compound meaning deep sadness. The 心 (heart) radical sits under 悲, marking it as an emotion word.
伤 — person radical 亻 + 㿝 (phonetic)
伤 is the simplified form of 傷. It combines the person radical 亻, indicating a human being affected, with a phonetic component derived from 昜. The original sense was a wound or injury to a person, which extended to mean 'to hurt,' 'injury,' and figuratively 'to grieve' or 'sorrow.'