Kanji 惜
11 strokes
Meaning
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
- On'yomi
- セキ
- Kun'yomi
- おしいおしむ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 heart (61)
- JLPT
- N1
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Kanken
- 3級
- Frequency
- #1641 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
Example sentences
私はとても命が惜しい。
Life is very dear to me.
行く秋を惜しむ気持でいっぱいだ。
The passing autumn fills me with a feeling of grief.
河豚は食いたし命は惜しし。
I'd love to eat blowfish, but I value my life.
Look-alike kanji
Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.
Other kanji with radical “heart” 心
- 意idea
- 性sex
- 思think
- 心heart
- 感emotion
- 情feelings
- 必invariably
- 応apply
- 急hurry
- 態attitude
- 想idea
- 念wish
- 悪bad
- 憲constitution
- 愛love
- 惑beguile
- 患afflicted
- 志intention
- 恐fear
- 息breath
- 懸state of suspension
- 慮prudence
- 恵favor
- 慎humility
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