可 kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 丁 nail 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
可怜
kělián
pitiful; to pity
Characters in this word
怜 lián
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 令 command, decree, order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这只猫可怜。 Zhè zhī māo kělián. This cat is pitiful.
- 别可怜我。 Bié kělián wǒ. Do not pity me.
- 他很可怜。 Tā hěn kělián. He is very pitiful.