惜 — pity, be sparing of, frugal

おしむ惜 pity

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+60DC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1641 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1271 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pity
be sparing of
frugal
stingy
regret

word

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

惜(お) しむ oshimu to regret 惜(お) しい oshii regrettable

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

忄 heart (left form)

むかし昔 once upon a time

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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