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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
哀 character · C1 (est.)
哀 ＝ 口 ＋ 衣
ㄞ · āi
adj — grieved, sorrowful; verb — to mourn, lament

字源 FORM — what the parts do

口義a mouth, crying out
衣聲yī — gives the sound, wrapped around the mouththe 口 sits inside the split halves of 衣
Iyī → āi — the initial softened away
A crying mouth (口) folded inside a robe (衣) — grief wrapped tight. 衣 yī splits top and bottom to hold the mouth and to carry the sound, worn from yī to āi. From grief come its acts: 哀悼、哀求.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

哭著的嘴（口）縮進衣（衣）裡，把聲音悶住。
The weeping mouth (口) buries itself in the robe (衣), the cry muffled.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)悲哀、哀傷— grief, sorrow常用
→哀悼— to mourn
→哀求— to plead, beg piteously
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
衷＝ 衣 ＋ 中zhōngsame 衣 wrapped around 中, not 口 — the inner heart, not grief衣yīthe robe that splits to hold the mouth — clothing alone