惜 (xī): meaning and stroke order
惜 (xī) means to cherish, to begrudge, to pity, Taiwan pr..
惜
- Simplified
- 惜
- Traditional
- 惜 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xī
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Stroke order of 惜
惜
- xī to cherish; to begrudge
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 惜
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xī
- to cherish
- to begrudge
- to pity
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Radical and structure
- 惜
- Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 11 strokes · 忄 on the left, 昔 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 惜
- 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity
- 珍惜 zhēn xī to treasure; to value
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).