惜 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
道3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
- On
- セキせき · seki
- Kun
- お.しい・お.しむo.shii · o.shimu
- Meaning
- regret; grudge
Stroke order
Origin
忄 "heart" with 昔: what stays in the heart — to regret, to grudge.
Readings and examples
| Onセキせきseki | 惜敗せきはい痛惜つうせき愛惜あいせき |
|---|---|
| Kunおしいoshii | 惜しいおしい |
| Kunおしむoshimu | 惜しむおしむ負け惜しみまけおしみ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 惜敗せきはい
narrow defeat
- 惜別せきべつ
reluctant parting
Example
一点差の惜敗だった。
It was a narrow defeat by one point.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)