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惜

惜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しみったれる。
  2. 大切にする。
  3. いたむ。
  4. 憐れむ。
  5. 残念がる。遺憾に思う。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」 + 音符「昔」。「おしむ」を意味する漢語｛惜｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セキJHS
Kun (native)
  • お(しい)JHS
  • お(しむ)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 拼音xi2
  • 한글seog
  • Hán-ViệtTích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+60DC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄昔

Words using this kanji

  • 惜しむおしむto spare, to grudge, to be sparing (with), to be frugal
  • 惜敗せきはい試合などで健闘し、惜しくも負けること。regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
  • 惜しいおしい「おしい」を参照。regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate, precious
  • 惜しみ無くおしみなくwithout stint, freely
  • 惜別せきべつ別れを惜しむこと。reluctance to part, sorrow at parting
  • 惜春せきしゅんlamenting the passing of spring, lamenting the passing of one's youth
  • 惜しげおしげreluctance, regret, frugality
  • 惜敗率せきはいりつratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)
  • 惜しくもおしくもto one's regret, regrettably, to one's chagrin
  • 惜しがるおしがるto appear to regret something
  • 惜しげなくおしげなくfreely, generously, liberally, ungrudgingly
  • 惜しむべきおしむべきlamentable, regrettable
  • 惜しみないおしみないgenerous, unstinting
  • 惜しげもなくおしげもなくfreely, generously, liberally, ungrudgingly
  • 惜しむらくはおしむらくはit is to be regretted that ..., it is a pity that ..., it is unfortunate that ...

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
9406.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k8.11
Heisig
1271
Nelson
1712