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
可惜
kěxī
it is a pity
Characters in this word
惜 xī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 可惜他没来。 Kěxī tā méi lái. It is a pity he did not come.
- 真可惜，下雨了。 Zhēn kěxī, xiàyǔ le. What a pity, it is raining.
- 这本书可惜了。 Zhè běn shū kěxī le. It is a pity about this book.