佳人薄命 Entry Discussion Citations Language Download PDF Watch Edit Chinese Japanese edit Kanji in this term 佳 人 薄 命 か Grade: S じん Grade: 1 はく Grade: S めい Grade: 3 on'yomi Etymology edit From Middle Chinese: 自古紅顏多薄命 Pronunciation edit IPA(key): [ka̠ʑĩɰ̃ha̠kɯ̟me̞ː] Noun edit 佳か人じん薄はく命めい • (kajinhakumei)

Whom the gods love dies young. Lit. A fair lady's destiny is thin indeed. Synonyms edit 美人薄命 References edit “佳人薄命”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025 The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo