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

Kanji
Onyomi
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
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".
RTK Index 599

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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