悼

dào
#2,957 most
frequent character
to mourn, to lament

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

悼 uses 忄, heart or feeling, as its meaning part and 卓 zhuō as a sound part, though the sound link is not clear in Mandarin. It first meant distressed, then grew to mourn.

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