喪 – vocab dash

Keyword

loss of something dear

miss
mourning

Frequency: #885
Strokes: 12
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2076

Readings

も80%

ソウ20%

Mnemonic

Earth is heaped over a grave while two mouths wail and a pair of long legs run away, feeling the loss of something dear.

Stroke order

Composed of

土earth 吅two mouths ◌long legs

Used in vocabulary

喪も主しゅ

chief mourner

Noun

喪そう失しつ

loss; forfeit

Noun

喪も

mourning

Noun

喪も服ふく

mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

Noun

服ふく喪も

going into mourning

Noun

大たい喪そう

funeral service of a Japanese emperor

Noun

心しん神しん喪そう失しつ

insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis

Noun

喪も章しょう

mourning band; mourning ribbon

Noun

喪も中ちゅう

in mourning

Noun

喪そう神しん

absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction; abstraction; being stunned; fainting

Noun

喪そう礼れい

funeral

Noun

得とく喪そう

acquisition or forfeiture; acquisition (question of whether or not something is acquired)

Noun