惜 — regret/grudge to lose

JLPT N1 kanji · 11 strokes · on'yomi seki · kun'yomi o·shii.

A heart (忄) clinging to the past (昔) — reluctant to part.

Example words

• 惜しい — oshii — regrettable
• 惜敗 — sekihai — narrow defeat

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