悲しい
かなしい · kanashii · JLPT N4 · i-adj
sad
😢 kanashii: I CAN'T, I SHE left — so sad; 悲 = 非 (not) + 心 (heart)
悲 stacks 非 (not, wrong) over 心 (heart): a heart that is not right, hence sorrow. The しい ending marks many feeling adjectives, like 嬉しい (happy) and 寂しい (lonely).