Question

忌 い.む、い.み、い.まわしい mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary S 己: self; snake; serpent心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 心 4 (none) mourning You are mourning the death of a relative, and it feels as if a snake had bitten into your heart. -- "mourning feels like snake-bitten heart".

Accepted Answer

キ いまわ 1 1882 7 61 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん 形声 Phonetic Remember the tale of Cleopatra? She was MOURNING the loss of her Marc Antony, so she placed the asp SNAKE to her HEART.

Kanji	忌
Onyomi	キ
Kunyomi	い.む、い.み、い.まわしい
Nanori	いまわ
English	mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1882
Components	己: self; snake; serpent 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	心
Radical Number	61
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	mourning
Koohii Story 1	Remember the tale of Cleopatra? She was MOURNING the loss of her Marc Antony, so she placed the asp SNAKE to her HEART.
Koohii Story 2	You are mourning the death of a relative, and it feels as if a snake had bitten into your heart. -- "mourning feels like snake-bitten heart".

Mourning Death Snake Heart Feels 忌 キ い.む、い.み、い.まわしい

Mourning Death Snake Heart Feels 忌キい.む、い.み、い.まわしい