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恻

惻
cè
adjective #51,637

Meanings

  1. 1 sorrowful; grieved
  2. 2 compassionate; pitying

Examples

HSK 7-9
看见乞讨的孩子，她顿生恻隐之心。
Kànjiàn qǐtǎo de háizi, tā dùn shēng cèyǐn zhī xīn.
Seeing the begging children, she was moved by deep compassion.
HSK 7-9
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