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Kotomora

悼

lament, grieve over

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • トウ

Kun'yomi

  • いた.む

Meaning

悼 centers on deep sorrow in response to loss: lamenting or grieving over someone or something that is gone.

Most common words using 悼

  • 追悼ついとう
    N1

    mourning

  • 哀悼あいとう

    condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament

  • 悼むいたむ
    N1

    to grieve over; to mourn; to lament

  • 哀悼の意あいとうのい

    one's condolences; feelings of sympathy

  • 哀悼痛惜あいとうつうせき

    condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation

  • 悼み悲しむいたみかなしむ

    to mourn; to grieve

  • 悼惜とうせき

    mourning; grieving

  • 悼辞とうじ

    funeral address; message of condolence; words of condolence

  • 戦没者追悼せんぼつしゃついとう

    war memorial; memorial (monument) to war dead

  • 戦没者追悼式せんぼつしゃついとうしき

    memorial service for the war dead

  • 戦没者追悼記念日せんぼつしゃついとうきねんび

    Memorial Day (US)

  • 追悼の辞ついとうのじ

    memorial address; eulogy

  • 追悼ミサついとうミサ

    (Catholic) memorial mass

  • 追悼会ついとうかい

    memorial services

  • 追悼式ついとうしき

    memorial services

  • 追悼施設ついとうしせつ

    memorial site

  • 追悼演説ついとうえんぜつ

    funeral oration; funeral speech

  • 追悼碑ついとうひ

    memorial (to the dead)

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Etymology

悼 combines the heart radical 忄 with 卓, which likely provides the sound and may contribute a sense of something elevated or outstanding, fitting the idea of profound grief.

Meaning mnemonic

The heart radical 忄 beside 卓 suggests a heart weighed down by something heavy and outstanding—grief. Picture a heart so full of sorrow it stands out like a tall monument.

Reading mnemonic

For トウ, imagine grieving at the toe of a grave: toe -> トウ, and your heart laments there.