to pity

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.

怜 character breakdown

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
classifier for a ream of paper
to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

= + : As a mnemonic symbol, I'm going to use a 令牌, which was a tablet to identify someone as an official sent by the emperor to convey the emperor's orders.

= + : Li Qingzhao has been sent by the emperor to collect rent from the English, but they are nowhere to be found. Finally, Li Qingzhao arrived at the engine's bathroom, ready to show her 令牌, raise the finger and show to the date of payday on the calendar—if there were anyone in the engine's bathroom.
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.

Characters with 怜 as component

怜 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 怜

pitiful / pathetic / to have pity on
to take pity on / pity / mercy
pitiful creature / wretch
fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
to beg for pity
to take pity on / to feel tenderness toward
to have tender affection for / to love tenderly / to pamper sb
to show tenderness / to coo over / affection
to take pity / to show compassion
to feel compassion for; to pity
to feel compassion for / to pity on / to feel sorry for
see 憐香惜玉|怜香惜玉[lian2 xiang1 xi1 yu4]
(coll.) pitiable / to have pity on sb
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) / Miserere nobis / Lord have mercy upon us
(coll.) pitiable; to have pity on sb

Sentences with 怜

怜 currently does not appear in any sentence.