# 哀 pitiful

(beret) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + (kick in the nuts)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

AI | The shit that some women go through for AI (=愛 = love) is pitiful.

## Mnemonic

| The Frenchman's mouth let out a pitiful mewl as he was kicked in the nuts.

## Kunyomi

あわ*れ ( な ) | you poor bastard! God help you. Utterly fucked, pathetic, but you honestly feel bad for them, rather than just looking down on them. ★★☆☆☆
あわ＊れむ | to feel sorry for someone.(or yourself!) To commiserate. ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

哀愁(あいしゅう) | melancholy ★☆☆☆☆ NP 哀 (pitiful) + 愁 (sorrow) = 哀愁 (melancholy) an archaic, literary word meaning, "melancholy, pathos, grief." (used about a novel, song, movie, or tone of voice, but not about a person).

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
哀 | pitiful | MOUTH | 口
衰 | decline,wane | HORIZONTAL LINE | 一

When you rap, the rhymes from out your MOUTH is pitiful, but. . .

When I stab your mouth with a HORIZONTAL LINE (dagger) your health wanes.

## Used In

- 衰

## Synonyms

pathos, misery, pitifulness かわいいそうな 哀れな 惨めな 哀愁 心細い 悲惨な