悼
lament, grieve over
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)
Study
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.