惜 Strokes Write it Listen 惜 xī pity, regret; to rue; to begrudge HSK 5 11 strokes Radical 忄 Ideograph 6 words Built from忄xīnheart; mind; soul昔xīpast, former; ancient How it worksTo feel 忄 for the past 昔; 昔 also provides the pronunciation.