惜

惜 — pity, be sparing of, frugal

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1641 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せき seki
Kun'yomi: お.しい o.shii

お.しむ o.shimu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 惜

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