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Wretched Miserable 惨 サン、ザン みじ.め、いた.む、むご.い Disaster Cruelty Harsh

Kanji
Onyomi サン、ザン
Kunyomi みじ.め、いた.む、むご.い
English wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
Examples 悲惨(ひさん): disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful
惨め(みじめ): miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1463
Components 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
参: nonplussed; three; going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 61
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword wretched
Koohii Story 1 Whenever I have to visit the relatives... that puts me in one hell of a wretched state of mind.
Koohii Story 2 Data feels wretched because he has no family to visit.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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