Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1715

pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

condolence; regret
sorrow; grief
pathos; sorrow
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings
joys and sorrows; happiness and sadness
pathos; melancholy
pathetic; plaintive
poor; pitiable

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

pity; sorrow
to pity; to feel sympathy for

Example sentences

We all mourned for the people killed in the accident.

Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.

He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.

His poor dog is still alive.