JLPT N5 · Feelings & qualities

悲しい

かなしい

sad

Stroke order of 悲しい

3 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

悲 · 12 strokesし · 1 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A heart (心) under a wrong/not (非): a heart gone wrong is sad.

Parts: 悲 sad (非 not + 心 heart) + しい

The characters in 悲しい

しし — shi (1 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

その話は悲しいです。

そのはなしはかなしいです。

That story is sad.

Words with 悲

悲しむto grieve; to be sad 悲しみsadness

More words: Feelings & qualities

若いyoung 忙しいbusy 面白いinteresting; funny 危ないdangerous 易しいeasy 難しいdifficult 欲しいwanted; desired 良いgood 嬉しいhappy; glad 怖いscary 残念regrettable; too bad 大事important

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