憐 Stroke Order

憐 lián [verb] 【本义】: 哀憐，憐憫 (The original meaning: pity, compassion) 1. 哀怜；同情。 (Pity; sympathy.) 2. 喜爱，疼爱。 (Love; to cherish.) 3. 通“吝”。吝惜。 (Same as "吝". To be stingy; to be reluctant.) 4. 通“邻”。比邻。 (Same as "邻". Neighboring.) 引： 1. 《说文》：憐，哀也。从心。粦声。字亦作憐。 (From "Shuowen": "憐" means pity. It is composed of the heart radical and the phonetic "lin." The character is also written as "憐.") 2. 《尔雅》：矜憐撫掩之也。 (From "Erya": To show pity is to caress and cover.) 3. 《史记·魏公子列传》：独不憐公子姊邪? (From "Records of the Grand Historian": Do you not pity the Prince's sister?) 4. 韩愈《应科目时与人书》：若俯首贴耳，摇尾而乞憐者，非我之志也。 (From Han Yu's letter: To lower one's head and beg for pity is not my intention.) 5. 《史记·淮阴侯列传》：且喜且憐之。 (From "Records of the Grand Historian": To be both delighted and pitying.) 6. 《史记·酈生陆贾列传》：天子憐百姓新劳苦，故且休之。 (From "Records of the Grand Historian": The emperor pities the people's recent hardships, so he rests them.) 7. 清·袁枚《祭妹文》：所憐者。 (From Yuan Mei's "Essay for My Sister": Those whom I pity.) 例： 如:可憐(值得憐憫);憐見(哀矜，憐憫);憐拯(憐憫拯救);憐鑑(哀憐審察);憐閔(哀憐，同情) (For example: 可憐 (worthy of pity); 憐見 (sympathy, compassion); 憐拯 (to pity and rescue); 憐鑑 (to pity and observe); 憐閔 (to pity, sympathize).) 2. 愛，惜 ([En.] love) 引： 1. 《尔雅》：憐，愛也。 (From "Erya": "憐" means love.) 2. 《史记·陈涉世家》：楚人憐之。 (From "Records of the Grand Historian": The people of Chu pity him.) 3. 《战国策·赵策》：丈夫亦愛憐其少子乎? (From "Strategies of the Warring States": Does a man not love and cherish his youngest son?) 例： 如:愛憐(十分疼愛);憐才(愛惜人才);憐忪(愛憐其惺忪之態);憐香(喜愛花香);憐遇(寵愛恩遇) (For example: 愛憐 (to love dearly); 憐才 (to cherish talents); 憐忪 (to love the drowsy state); 憐香 (to love the fragrance of flowers); 憐遇 (to favor someone).) 3. 通「吝」。吝惜 ([En.] stint) 引： 1. 《荀子》：不慕往，不閔來，無邑憐之心。 (From "Xunzi": Do not long for the past or resent the present; do not have the heart to be stingy.) 例： 如:憐下(憐惜下人);憐嗟(憐惜嗟嘆);憐察(察知其情而憐惜之) (For example: 憐下 (to pity those below); 憐嗟 (to lament and cherish); 憐察 (to perceive and cherish).) 4. 遺憾 ([En.] deplore; regret; sorrow over) 引： 1. 清·袁枚《祭妹文》：所憐者，吾自戊寅年讀汝哭侄詩後，…至今無男。 (From Yuan Mei's "Essay for My Sister": What I regret is since the year of Wu-Yin, after reading your poem of mourning for your nephew, there has been no son until now.)