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悼

lament
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingいた.む

Meanings

  1. lamentRtK
    人々は彼の突然の死を深く悼んだ。People regretted his sudden death deeply.tatoeba
    私たちは皆事故による死者に哀悼の意を表した。We all mourned for the people killed in the accident.tatoeba
  2. grieve over
  1. to grieve over
  2. to mourn
  3. to lament

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Freud · state of mind · eminent · magic wand · augury · sun (日) · day (日) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 668

Compound words

御尊父の死に謹んで哀悼の意を表します。
Please accept our condolences on the death of your father.tatoeba
ご尊父のご逝去に対し、謹んで哀悼の意を表します。
Please accept my condolences on the death of your father.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

悼み悲しんで涙を流す。
いたみかなしんでなみだをながす。To mourn and grieve with tears.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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