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恻

惻
cè
adjective #51,637

Meanings

  1. 1 sorrowful; grieved
  2. 2 (in 恻隐) compassionate; pitying

Examples

看见乞讨的孩子，她顿生恻隐之心。
Kànjiàn qǐtǎo de háizi, tā dùn shēng cèyǐn zhīxīn.
Seeing the begging children, she was moved by deep compassion.
他的话诚恳，充满恻意。
Tā de huà chéngkěn, chōngmǎn cè yì.
His words were sincere and full of sorrowful feeling.

Tips

culture
恻 means grieved sympathy, best known in 恻隐之心 — 'a heart of compassion.' Mencius held this instinctive pity for others' suffering to be one of the roots of human goodness.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
The heart radical in its left-side form, from 心. It marks an emotion of the heart — here grief and compassion. It groups 恻 with 悲, 怜, and 悯.
phonetic
则 zé
phonetic component
Supplies the sound (zé shifting to cè). It works purely as a pronunciation marker for this heart-emotion word, with no meaning contribution.

Stroke Order

恻 cè