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惻 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ソク・ショクそく・しょく · soku · shoku
Kun
いた.むita.mu
Meaning
compassion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 則 as phonetic: to feel another's pain as one's own.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 惻隠そくいん

    compassion; pity

  • 憐憫れんびん

    compassion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

惻隠(そくいん)の情(じょう)は人(ひと)の本性(ほんしょう)だという。

Compassion, it is said, is part of human nature.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

憐憫憐憫惻隠惻憐pity憫compas…隠hide忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…仄faint昃the su…昵intima…寔truly廁lavato…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 忄Map of reading ソクAll maps

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