Memory phrase for the character: 惜

惜

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Meaning

regret, pity, lament, frugal, stingy

Pronunciation

SEKI
oshii/shimu

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 we think of earlier days.)

Mnemonic
 
(An unhappy early love?) My feelings about the old days are regrets.

Radicals

忄 feelingsRadical name: risshin
昔 past, old times, formerTogether 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.




 Vocabulary

悼惜 とうせき  grieve, mourning
惜しい おしい  regrettable, disappointing, precious
惜しむ おしむ  to be frugal, to value, to regret

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