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On'yomi
ソウ
SOU
Kun'yomi
mo

miss · mourning

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Strokes12
Frequency#885
Radicalmouth(3)

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Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of wail and die. Wailing for dead.

Symbolism

Loss, mourning, funeral. Represents mourning.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

意気阻喪

いきそそう

depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened; depressed in spirits

心神喪失

しんしんそうしつ

of unsound mind; of unsound mind

玩物喪志

がんぶつそうし

forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal; forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits

戦意喪失

せんいそうしつ

loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; loss of fighting spirit

士気阻喪

しきそそう

demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken; demoralization

禍福得喪

かふくとくそう

calamity, good fortune, success and failure; calamity, good fortune, success and failure

喪に服す

もにふくす

To be in mourning; To live quietly in remembrance of the dead