The Chinese Radical: 哀


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Meaning
grief    哀

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 6
inner feelings
zhōng
Center: middle , rest: clothes
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.  
JLPT HSK 6
to become weak, deteriorate, decline, wane
cuī, shuāi
Sorrow, distress (in the clothes a big hole ), dash , e.g. for a cut
The distress about the cut made him weak.  
JLPT HSK 6
sorrow, grief, pity, to lament, to condole
āi
Top and bottom: clothes , center: a big hole
Clothes with a central hole causes: sorrow.  
JLPT no HSK
large domain, extensive region
huán
From top: roof , net /罒, grief (about the big hole in the clothes )
It is still covered, but the eye sees that the hole in the clothes already extends over a large domain.  

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