great grief; deep sorrow
Literary noun expressing profound grief or heartache, often from personal loss. Rare in modern everyday speech; more common in written or classical contexts.
He shed tears of deep grief over the death of his close friend.
Rare kanji spelling; the word itself is literary and uncommon.
Variant kanji form; even less common than 傷悴.
Composed of 傷 (wound, hurt) and 悴 (become thin, emaciated), suggesting a grief so deep it physically wears one down. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.