悲哀

bēiāi · HSK 7

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😢 bēi = sad heart 非 + āi = mouth 口 sighing over gone 衣 clothes

悲 combines heart radical 心 with 非 (not/wrong), a heart sensing wrongness. 哀 wraps 衣 (clothing) around 口 (mouth), muffled cries into fabric. Together they double down on deep sorrow.

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