How to write 憫

憫 mǐn 【Verb】 1. To commiserate; to take pity on. 2. To grieve; to be sorrowful. 【Definitions】 1. 哀憐 (To show pity): 憐～(to show pity), ～恤 (to care for), ～惜 (to cherish), ～惻 (to be sympathetic). 2. 憂愁 (To be worried or sorrowful): ～默 (to be silent out of sorrow). 【References】 1. Bai Juyi: "Suí dī liǔ, mǐn wáng guó yě." (The willows by the Sui dyke, mourning the fallen state.) 2. Huang Zongxi: "Rén yuǎn bēi tiān mǐn rén zhī huái, qǐ wèi yī jǐ zhī bù yù hū?" (When a person is far away, we mourn the heavens and pity others, is it for one's own misfortunes?) 【Examples】 - 憫人之兇: To forgive and show pity toward a bad person. - 憫念: To show compassion. - 憫宥: To take pity and forgive. - 憫笑: To mock with pity; both pitiable and laughable. - 憫貧: To show pity for the poor. - 憫然: With an appearance of pity. 【Adjective】 1. 憂愁 (Worried; sorrowful). 2. 哀傷 (Sad). 【References】 1. Mencius: "Yè qióng ér bù mǐn." (To be in hardship and not to feel pity.) 2. Bai Juyi: "Qǔ bà mǐn rán." (After the music ended, feelings of sorrow emerged.) 【Examples】 - 憫默: To be silent due to sorrow. - 憫憫: An appearance of sorrowfulness. - 憫愧: To feel ashamed due to sorrow. - 憫嘆: To sigh with sorrow. - 憫時病俗: To worry about the state of the times. 【Sadness Subcategory】 1. 憐喪 (To be saddened by funeral matters, specifically for a parent's death). 2. 憭悼: To mourn the dead. 3. 憭哀: To show sorrow.