it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
可 · 5 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and the right component, which is a pictograph of an axe handle (now written as 柯), represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "sing", now wri…
惜 · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.