Kanji1 / 11
惜 kanji
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
セキ
Kun readings
おしいおしむ
Words with 惜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —惜敗Popularregrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin
- —哀惜grief; sorrow
- —愛惜missing someone; loathing to part
- —惜別reluctance to part; sorrow at parting
- —痛惜deep regret
- —惜春lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth
- —悼惜mourning; grieving
- —惜敗率ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)
- —哀悼痛惜condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation