Memory phrase for the character: 惜

惜

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Meaning regret, pity, to rue, to begrudge

Pronunciation

xī

Explanation

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

Mnemonic
 
(Times are getting harder:) Feelings we had in the old days, were the regrets.

Radicals

忄 feelings
昔 former times
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 Vocabulary

可惜 kě xī  it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
珍惜 zhēn xī  to treasure; to value; to cherish
惺惺惜惺惺 xīng xīng xī xīng xīng  people of talent appreciate one another (idiom)
吝惜 lìn xī  to stint; to be miserly
惋惜 wǎn xī  to feel sorry for a person over sth that should have happened
惋惜 wǎn xī  

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