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悲伤

bēishāng

sad

A person holding a handkerchief
Memory picture

Characters in this word

悲 bēi

Strokes
12
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
非 not, negative, non- 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 悲

伤 shāng

Strokes
6
Radical
亻 — man, person

Example phrases

  • 她很悲伤。 Tā hěn bēishāng. She is very sad.
  • 请别悲伤。 Qǐng bié bēishāng. Please do not be sad.
  • 这歌很悲伤。 Zhè gē hěn bēishāng. This song is very sad.

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