Chinese Word: 恤 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

恤 (Trad.: 卹, 恤)

Pinyin: xù

English Definition: anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief; to compensate; anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief; to compensate

Chinese Definition:
①对别人表同情，怜悯：恤刑(施刑慎重，不严刑以逼供)。体恤。
②救济：恤金。抚恤。
③忧虑：恤恤(忧虑的样子)。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 心

Pictophonetic:血 indicates the sound; 忄 (heart) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 烅

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抚恤	fǔ xù	(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
抚恤金	fǔ xù jīn	compensation payment (for injury); relief payment
体恤	tǐ xù	to empathize with; to show solicitude for; T-shirt (loanword)
恤衫	xù shān	shirt (loanword)
怜恤	lián xù	to take pity; to show compassion