惜
Stroke Order
Meanings
- pity
- be sparing of
- frugal
- stingy
- regret
On'yomi (音読み)
- セキ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- お.しい
- お.しむ
- Strokes
- 11
- JLPT Level
- N1
- Frequency
- #2089
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 心#61 · heart
Common Words
- 惜敗せきはいNounregrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
- 惜しいおしいi-Adj.regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate
- 惜しむおしむGodanto spare, to grudge, to be sparing (with), to be frugal, to be stingy
- 惜別せきべつNounreluctance to part, sorrow at parting
- 惜春せきしゅんNounlamenting the passing of spring, lamenting the passing of one's youth
- 惜しげおしげNounreluctance, regret, frugality
- 惜敗率せきはいりつNounratio 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Adverbto one's regret, regrettably, to one's chagrin
Practice in Kanjiru
Write 惜 by hand (opens in new tab)Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)