Memory phrase for the character: 惨

惨

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Meaning

miserable, wretched, cruel, inhuman, tragic

Pronunciation

 cǎn

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: to participate 参 (Where the simplified woman 厶 with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)

Mnemonic
 
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.

Radicals

忄 feelings
参 participateOriginally this was the image of a kneeling woman 女 = くノ 一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful.
厶 private, noseSide view of a nose that is facing to the left.
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 Vocabulary

悲惨 bēi cǎn  miserable; tragic
惨遭 cǎn zāo  suffer
惨重 cǎn zhòng  disastrous
凄惨 qī cǎn  plaintive; mournful; miserable
惨绝人寰 cǎn jué rén huán  extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
惨绝人寰 cǎn jué rén huán  

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