Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
  • 惜春 【セキシュン】 lamenting the passing of spring, lamenting the passing of one's youth
  • 痛惜 【ツウセキ】 deep regret
  • 哀惜 【アイセキ】 grief, sorrow

Kun reading compounds

  • 惜しい 【おしい】 regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate, precious, dear, valuable, too good for, deserving better, almost (but not quite), close (but no cigar)
  • 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to be frugal, to be sparing, to value, to hold dear, to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for), to be unwilling, to be reluctant
  • 惜しむべき 【おしむべき】 lamentable, regrettable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1, xi2
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • lastima
  • condolencia
  • pena
  • penoso
  • lamentable
  • condolerse
  • sentir
  • estimar

Portuguese

  • compaixão
  • poupar
  • frugal
  • mesquinho

French

  • regret
  • frugal
  • radin
  • économe
1484 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1712 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1024 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1303 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
765 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
779 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
820 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1195 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10814 Morohashi
484 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 New Nelson (John Haig)
1187 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1434 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1178 2001 Kanji
4k8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
9406.1 Four corner code
1-32-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60dc Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 別 【ベツ】 distinction, difference, discrimination, separate, different, another, extra, exception, exclusion, classified by, ranked by, according to
  • 別院 【ベツイン】 branch temple
  • 無差別 【ムサベツ】 indiscrimination, without discrimination, indiscriminate
  • 告別 【コクベツ】 farewell, leave-taking

Kun reading compounds

  • 別れる 【わかれる】 to part (usu. of people), to part from, to part with, to be apart from, to separate (of a couple), to break up, to divorce, to lose (e.g. one's mother), to be bereaved
  • 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell

Readings

Japanese names:
べっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bie2
Korean:
byeol

Spanish

  • separar
  • aparte
  • distinto
  • dividirse

Portuguese

  • separar
  • ramo desligado
  • divergir
  • garfo
  • outro
  • extra
  • especialmente

French

  • séparer
  • spécialement
  • diverger
  • extra
  • un autre
508 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
607 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
579 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
255 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
674 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
288 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
127 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
435 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
267 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
91 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1924 Morohashi
1117 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
467 New Nelson (John Haig)
90 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
94 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
227 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
490 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3743 2001 Kanji
2f5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
6220.0 Four corner code
1-42-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5225 Unicode hex code