Entry
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

    私はその演奏家にフルートで何かもの悲しい曲を吹いて欲しいとおもった。
    I wanted the musician to play some sad tune on his flute.

Also written もの悲しい【ものがなしい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grieve, sad, deplore, regret

Kun
かな.しいかな.しむ
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1014 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4k8.18The Kanji Dictionary
1133.1Four corner code
1258deroo
60b2Unicode hex code
1-40-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1897New Nelson (John Haig)
2775New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3448Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1775Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2416Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1635Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1763Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1032A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1782Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
822Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10720Morohashi
375A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1034Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1075Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
494sakade
542Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
397henshall3
409Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
788Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1650Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei1Pinyin reading
biKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level