惜 – pity, be sparing of, frugal

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1641 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 惜 means pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ (seki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.しい、お.しむ (oshii, oshimu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
Kun’yomi	お.しい	oshii
Kun’yomi	お.しむ	oshimu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ｜・一・二・日・忙.

Words using 惜

惜しいおしいregrettable惜しむおしむto spare

Example sentences

あなたほどの才能の持ち主が世間に知られずにいるのは惜しいことです。

It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.

Tatoeba #231479

命は誰でも惜しい。

Life is dear to everybody.

Tatoeba #80750

これはまだ捨てるには惜しい。

This is still too good to be thrown away.

Tatoeba #218520

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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