Read Edit View history Discussion 惜 xī HSK5 pity Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 惜 Simp strokes 惜 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 惜 Simp strokes 惜 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 惜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 161, 519 ], [ 160, 435 ], [ 142, 365 ], [ 141, 334 ] ], [ [ 316, 590 ], [ 380, 563 ], [ 411, 531 ] ], [ [ 242, 812 ], [ 270, 789 ], [ 293, 759 ], [ 286, 596 ], [ 285, 282 ], [ 270, 102 ], [ 272, 14 ] ], [ [ 473, 602 ], [ 532, 597 ], [ 689, 634 ], [ 768, 659 ], [ 816, 656 ] ], [ [ 508, 738 ], [ 538, 706 ], [ 546, 688 ], [ 553, 477 ], [ 551, 466 ], [ 539, 455 ] ], [ [ 681, 840 ], [ 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273 -6 280 3 Q 287 7 297 27 Q 307 52 306 82 Q 305 131 310 576 L 311 595 Z", "M 727 620 Q 818 648 820 649 Q 827 656 823 665 Q 816 675 788 682 Q 760 686 736 677 L 679 656 Q 640 647 573 627 L 526 618 Q 504 617 480 612 Q 446 605 471 590 Q 493 577 528 576 L 572 583 Q 621 596 675 607 L 727 620 Z", "M 573 627 Q 574 673 578 686 Q 582 708 568 720 Q 547 738 522 747 Q 509 753 500 747 Q 493 743 498 727 Q 520 682 526 618 L 528 576 Q 529 527 534 446 C 536 416 573 423 573 453 Q 572 529 572 583 L 573 627 Z", "M 704 479 Q 716 552 727 620 L 736 677 Q 742 731 766 799 Q 770 809 752 826 Q 718 848 694 855 Q 678 859 670 852 Q 661 845 668 829 Q 687 796 686 775 Q 685 718 679 656 L 675 607 Q 668 543 660 470 C 657 440 699 449 704 479 Z", "M 534 446 Q 455 433 371 418 Q 352 415 367 399 Q 380 386 398 382 Q 419 378 434 383 Q 651 455 925 456 Q 928 456 933 456 Q 952 457 957 466 Q 961 478 945 490 Q 887 529 840 511 Q 783 498 704 479 L 660 470 Q 648 469 639 466 Q 606 460 573 453 L 534 446 Z", "M 515 324 Q 499 336 480 340 Q 473 341 467 334 Q 464 330 471 321 Q 504 237 480 109 Q 467 97 476 61 Q 485 33 495 23 Q 505 11 512 23 Q 522 36 526 59 L 530 88 Q 531 107 532 179 L 531 208 Q 531 274 534 294 C 536 310 536 310 515 324 Z", "M 677 67 Q 707 30 728 -7 Q 738 -26 748 -25 Q 764 -24 781 10 Q 799 47 796 94 Q 789 154 783 265 Q 782 296 797 318 Q 806 331 797 340 Q 778 359 726 382 Q 708 391 694 381 Q 621 342 515 324 C 485 319 504 289 534 294 Q 561 297 685 331 Q 704 335 715 329 Q 739 299 724 100 L 724 98 Q 720 88 715 85 C 701 59 660 89 677 67 Z", "M 532 179 Q 613 191 671 200 Q 693 204 685 216 Q 675 231 649 235 Q 615 239 531 208 C 503 198 502 175 532 179 Z", "M 526 59 Q 527 59 532 59 Q 613 65 677 67 C 707 68 726 69 715 85 Q 706 101 682 107 Q 646 114 530 88 C 501 81 496 59 526 59 Z" ] } 11 strokes 惜 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 161, 519 ], [ 160, 435 ], [ 142, 365 ], [ 141, 334 ] ], [ [ 316, 590 ], [ 380, 563 ], [ 411, 531 ] ], [ [ 242, 812 ], [ 270, 789 ], [ 293, 759 ], [ 286, 596 ], [ 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595 C 295 589 295 589 310 576 Z", "M 311 595 Q 312 686 330 746 Q 339 761 335 774 Q 329 784 274 817 Q 252 833 231 818 Q 227 814 233 798 Q 263 752 265 685 Q 265 274 255 196 Q 248 159 238 121 Q 228 84 252 22 Q 259 4 267 1 Q 273 -6 280 3 Q 287 7 297 27 Q 307 52 306 82 Q 305 131 310 576 L 311 595 Z", "M 727 620 Q 818 648 820 649 Q 827 656 823 665 Q 816 675 788 682 Q 760 686 736 677 L 679 656 Q 640 647 573 627 L 526 618 Q 504 617 480 612 Q 446 605 471 590 Q 493 577 528 576 L 572 583 Q 621 596 675 607 L 727 620 Z", "M 573 627 Q 574 673 578 686 Q 582 708 568 720 Q 547 738 522 747 Q 509 753 500 747 Q 493 743 498 727 Q 520 682 526 618 L 528 576 Q 529 527 534 446 C 536 416 573 423 573 453 Q 572 529 572 583 L 573 627 Z", "M 704 479 Q 716 552 727 620 L 736 677 Q 742 731 766 799 Q 770 809 752 826 Q 718 848 694 855 Q 678 859 670 852 Q 661 845 668 829 Q 687 796 686 775 Q 685 718 679 656 L 675 607 Q 668 543 660 470 C 657 440 699 449 704 479 Z", "M 534 446 Q 455 433 371 418 Q 352 415 367 399 Q 380 386 398 382 Q 419 378 434 383 Q 651 455 925 456 Q 928 456 933 456 Q 952 457 957 466 Q 961 478 945 490 Q 887 529 840 511 Q 783 498 704 479 L 660 470 Q 648 469 639 466 Q 606 460 573 453 L 534 446 Z", "M 515 324 Q 499 336 480 340 Q 473 341 467 334 Q 464 330 471 321 Q 504 237 480 109 Q 467 97 476 61 Q 485 33 495 23 Q 505 11 512 23 Q 522 36 526 59 L 530 88 Q 531 107 532 179 L 531 208 Q 531 274 534 294 C 536 310 536 310 515 324 Z", "M 677 67 Q 707 30 728 -7 Q 738 -26 748 -25 Q 764 -24 781 10 Q 799 47 796 94 Q 789 154 783 265 Q 782 296 797 318 Q 806 331 797 340 Q 778 359 726 382 Q 708 391 694 381 Q 621 342 515 324 C 485 319 504 289 534 294 Q 561 297 685 331 Q 704 335 715 329 Q 739 299 724 100 L 724 98 Q 720 88 715 85 C 701 59 660 89 677 67 Z", "M 532 179 Q 613 191 671 200 Q 693 204 685 216 Q 675 231 649 235 Q 615 239 531 208 C 503 198 502 175 532 179 Z", "M 526 59 Q 527 59 532 59 Q 613 65 677 67 C 707 68 726 69 715 85 Q 706 101 682 107 Q 646 114 530 88 C 501 81 496 59 526 59 Z" ] } 11 strokes 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