悲しみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悲
かな Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
哀しみ 愛しみ

Etymology

From the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem of continuative form”) of 悲(かな)しむ (kanashimu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かなしみ [kànáshímí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かなしみ [kànáshíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ɕimʲi]

Noun

悲(かな)しみ • (kanashimi) 

1. sorrow, grief
2. (archaic) 愛しみ: love, affection