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惻
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恻
🇨🇳

feel

HSK 10
Human →Emotions
cè
ソク、ショク
いた.む
측
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (惻)
忄 heart (side)+ 則 rule =
惻 feel
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
忄 is a component form of 心.
則 Phonetic component
rule
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Simplified (恻)
忄 heart (side)+ 则 law =
恻 feel anguish
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
忄 is a component form of 心.
则 Phonetic component
zé law
rule, law, regulation
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Notes
Similar Characters
忆 reflect (simp)忉 distressed忏 sins (simp)忕 habit忖 suppose忙 busy忡 a sad忤 insubordinate忧 grieved (simp)忪 tranquil快 fast忭 delighted忮 perverse忱 truth忸 blush忻 delightful忾 hatred (simp)怀 bosom (iii) (simp)怃 disappointed (simp)怄 annoyed (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
惻
Regular
Modern
Chinese
恻 / 惻 [cè]
sorrowful
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
恻隐之心 [cè​yǐn​zhī​xīn] #46,543
compassion
缠绵悱恻 [chán​mián​fěi​cè] #41,296
(of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)
恻隐 [cè​yǐn] #56,940
compassion
凄恻 [qī​cè] #62,515
heartbroken
悲恻 [bēi​cè]
grieved
恻怛之心 [cè​dá​zhī​xīn]
see 惻隱之心|恻隐之心[cè​yǐn​zhī​xīn]
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
惻々 [そくそく] #94,849
keenly felt
惻隠 [そくいん] #112,341
compassion
惻隠の情 [そくいんのじょう] #144,128
compassion
KOREAN WORDS (1)
측은
being pitiful; being pathetic