哀

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Probably sound-symbolic.

Definitions

 * 1) to pity; to sympathize
 * 2) to lament; to mourn
 * 3) sad; mournful; pitiful; sorrowful
 * 4) grief; sorrow
 * 5) orphaned of one's mother due to her passing
 * 1) grief; sorrow
 * 2) orphaned of one's mother due to her passing
 * 1) orphaned of one's mother due to her passing
 * 1) orphaned of one's mother due to her passing

Etymology 2
proposes that it is a contraction of Common Neo-Hakka compound, where may have come from earlier , perhaps related to.

Definitions

 * 1)  mother

Kanji

 * 1) pathetic
 * 2) grief
 * 3) sorrow

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) grief; sorrow; sadness; lamentation
 * 2) pity; sympathy
 * 1) pity; sympathy

Hanja

 * 1) grief, sorrow
 * 2) sad