恤 (xù): anxiety, sympathy, to sympathize
恤 (xù) is a Chinese character meaning “anxiety.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 血 (phonetic). It ranks #2842 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 恤 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- anxiety
- sympathy
- to sympathize
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恤衫noun | xù shān | shirt (loanword) |
| 抚恤金noun | fǔ xù jīn | compensation payment (for injury) |
| 体恤verb | tǐ xù | to empathize with |
| 体恤衫noun | tǐ xù shān | T-shirt |
| 怜恤verb | lián xù | to take pity |
| 抚恤verb | fǔ xù | (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered se... |
| 不恤人言 | bù xù rén yán | not to worry about the gossip (idiom) |
| 体恤入微 | tǐ xù rù wēi | to emphasize down to last detail (idiom) |
| 殒身不恤 | yǔn shēn bù xù | to die without regrets (idiom) |
| 安富恤穷 | ān fù xù qióng | to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) |
| 安富恤贫 | ān fù xù pín | to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) |
| 不恤verb | bù xù | not to worry |
| 俸恤 | fèng xù | payment and pension |
| 恤匮 | xù kuì | to relieve the distressed |
| 恤嫠 | xù lí | to give relief to widows |
恤 appears in 18 compound words: 17 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 恤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他恤甘情愿地帮助每一个需要帮助的人。
tā xù gān qíng yuàn dì bāng zhù měi yī gě xū yāo bāng zhù de rén .
He willingly helps everyone in need.
那么问题来了，我每天都要经历四次 T 恤湿透的情况。
nà má wèn tí lái le , wǒ měi tiān dōu yāo jīng lì sì cì T xù shī tòu de qíng kuàng .
So here's the problem: my T-shirt gets soaked four times a day.
如今羊毛T恤成为他出行的必备单品。
rú jīn yáng máo T xù chéng wéi tā chū háng de bì bèi dān pǐn .
Now, a wool T-shirt has become a must-have item for him when he travels.
他们家 T 恤的板型是大众款，320g 的版本就已经很厚实，穿起来也很松软。
tā men jiā T xù de bǎn xíng shì dà zhòng kuǎn , 3 2 0 g de bǎn běn jiù yǐ jīng hěn hòu shí , chuān qǐ lái yě hěn sōng ruǎn .
Their T-shirts have a standard fit, and even the 320g version is quite thick and feels soft and comfortable to wear.
...雷军向李想、李斌、何小鹏、王传福赠定制T恤
. . . léi jūn xiàng lǐ xiǎng , lǐ 斌 , hé xiǎo péng , wáng chuán fú zèng dìng zhì T xù
...Lei Jun presented custom T-shirts to Li Xiang, Li Bin, He Xiaopeng, and Wang Chuanfu
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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