惜 is the Japanese kanji for regret, pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is お.しい、お.しむ and its on reading is セキ.
Stroke order
Words with 惜
- 惜しいregrettable, disappointing, unfortunate
- 惜敗regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
- 痛惜deep regret
- 名残惜しいreluctant (to part)
- 惜しみ無くwithout stint, freely
- 負け惜しみbeing a poor loser, unwillingness to admit defeat, sour grapes
Practice 惜 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.