Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 惜

惜

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Meaning

 regret, pity, lament, frugal, stingy

Pronunciation

 SEKI
oshii/shimu

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 we think of earlier days.)

Mnemonic

(An unhappy early love?) My feelings about the old days are regrets.

Radicals

忄 feelings(Radical name: risshin)
昔 past, old times, former(Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.)
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Vocabulary

悼惜 とうせき grieve, mourning
惜しい おしい regrettable, disappointing, precious
惜しむ おしむ to be frugal, to value, to regret

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