寂
ジャク, セキ, さび, さび.しい, さび.れる, さみ.しい

loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest

JLPT1 G7 S11 F1599

As per 叔# (slender and pendent) + 宀 roof/building → *desolate* building, where silence hangs in the air → *still*; *deserted*; *lonely* → *lacking*; *sad*.

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