adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. pitiful, unfortunate, poor, miserable, wretched.
  2. unpardonable, regrettable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
気の毒 きのどく
 
 
 
気のどく きのどく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spirit, mind, air
キ き ケ (1st, N5)
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
キ ケ いき (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
poison, virus, venom
ドク (4th, N2)
life (生) variant
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)