悲

Translingual

Han character

悲 (radical 61 心+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中卜心 (LYP), four-corner 1133₁)

1. sorrow, grief
2. sorry, sad

References

• KangXi: page 388, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10720
• Dae Jaweon: page 721, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2310, character 4
• Unihan data for U+60B2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

悲 (Yale bei1)

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Japanese

Kanji

悲 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: かなしい (悲しい, kanashii), かなしむ (悲しむ, kanashimu), かなしみ (悲しみ, kanashimi)

Compounds

• 悲劇 (ひげき, higeki, “tragedy”)
• 悲鳴 (ひめい, himei, “scream”)
• 悲喜 (ひき, hiki, “joys and sorrows”)

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Korean

Hanja

悲 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

悲 (pinyin bēi (bei1), Wade-Giles pei¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悲 (bi, bây, bầy, bay)