怜 Stroke Order

怜 lián [动] 【本义】: 哀怜，怜悯 Original meaning: pity, compassion 【造字法】: 形声。从心，粦声。 Character formation: phonetic-semantic; composed of "heart" (心) and the phonetic component (粦). 【义项】 1. 可怜；同情。 [En.] pity - 例如: 可怜 (to be pitiful); 怜悯 (to be compassionate); 可怜 (worthy of pity); 同病相怜 (to sympathize with similar suffering). Example: 可怜 (to be pitiful); 怜悯 (to show compassion); 可怜 (worthy of pity); 同病相怜 (to have mutual sympathy for similar suffering). 2. 爱。 [En.] love - 例如: 爱怜 (to love dearly); 怜才 (to cherish talent); 怜爱 (to love and care for); 怜香惜玉 (to cherish the beautiful, specifically in terms of women). Example: 爱怜 (to love dearly); 怜才 (to cherish talent); 怜爱 (to love and care for); 怜香惜玉 (to cherish precious beauty, especially referring to women). 3. 通“吝”。吝惜。 [En.] stint - 例如: 怜下 (to be considerate of subordinates); 怜嗟 (to lament and cherish); 怜察 (to perceive and cherish feelings). Example: 怜下 (to pity the lower ranked); 怜嗟 (to lament and cherish); 怜察 (to understand and show compassion). 4. 遗憾。 [En.] deplore; regret; sorrow over - 例如: 怜悯 (to feel regret); 所怜者 (those who are pitied). Example: 怜悯 (to feel regret); 所怜者 (those who are to be pitied). 【引】 1. 《说文》：憐，哀也。从心。粦声。字亦作怜。 From "Shuowen": 憐 means to pity, derived from the heart. The character can also be written as 怜. 2. 《尔雅》：矜憐抚掩之也。 From "Erya": It means to show pity and comfort. 3. 《史记·魏公子列传》：独不怜公子姊邪? From "Records of the Grand Historian": Don’t you pity the son of the prince? 4. 韩愈《应科目时与人书》：若俯首贴耳，摇尾而乞怜者，非我之志也。 From Han Yu: To lower one's head and beg for pity is not my intention. 5. 《史记·淮阴侯列传》：且喜且怜之。 From "Records of the Grand Historian": Both pleased and pitied. 6. 《史记·郦生陆贾列传》：天子怜百姓新劳苦，故且休之。 From "Records of the Grand Historian": The emperor felt pity for the people's new hardships, and thus chose to ease their burdens. 7. 清· 袁枚《祭妹文》：所怜者。 From Yuan Mei: Those whom I sympathize with. 【例】 又如: 可怜(值得怜悯); 怜见(哀矜，怜悯); 怜拯(怜悯拯救); 怜鉴(哀怜审察); 怜闵(哀怜，同情). Examples: 可怜 (to be pitiful); 怜见 (to show compassion); 怜拯 (to rescue with compassion); 怜鉴 (to empathize and examine); 怜闵 (to pity and sympathize).