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志哀

zhì āi

2-character word Traditional 誌哀

What 志哀 means

1. to pay respects to the dead
2. to mark sb's passing

The characters in 志哀

• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…

Sounds the same

Read zhì āi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 致哀to express grief; to mourn