05049 Chinese character of 惻 and pronounce cak1

The Chinese character【惻】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes emotion or attitude. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Sadness or sorrow.

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【惻】:cè

Cantonese Jyutping of 【惻】:cak1

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【惻】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【惻】, for example:Describing emotions or attitudes , It means mainly sadness or sorrow. .The nuanced nature of Chinese characters means that some complex or precise interpretations may not be comprehensively conveyed in this space.

【惻】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【惻隱、悲惻】(Mandarin Pinyin:cè yǐn 、bēi cè/ Cantonese Jyutping:caak1 jan2 、bei1 caak1)

To form this character, you need 12 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,This sentence serves as an example of how to use this character.:


她對流浪動物充滿了惻隱之心。

She has great compassion for stray animals.


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