惙
sad, melancholy, grieving, mourn
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Readings
On'yomi
- テツ
- テチ
- テイ
Kun'yomi
- うれ.える
Meaning
惙 centers on a heavy, sorrowful state of mind: sadness, melancholy, grieving, or mourning. The meanings all point to deep emotional pain.
Study
Etymology
惙 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 叕, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to joining or connecting, but the exact historical development of the compound is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The heart radical 忄 beside 叕 suggests a heart that is tied up or entangled in sorrow. Picture your heart being bound by threads of grief, leaving you sad and mourning.
Reading mnemonic
For テツ, imagine a sad person whose heart is heavy as iron: tetsu (鉄, iron) -> テツ, and the weight of iron matches the weight of melancholy.