悔 — Chinese character
悔
huǐ
to regret, to repent, to show remorse
- Pinyin
- huǐ
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 忄 每
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 每
- Japanese
- 悔 as a kanji
Common words with 悔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后悔 (後悔) | hòu huǐ | to regret; to feel remorse |
| 忏悔 (懺悔) | chàn huǐ | to repent; (religion) to confess |
| 懊悔 | ào huǐ | to feel remorse; to repent |
| 悔恨 | huǐ hèn | remorse; repentance |
| 反悔 | fǎn huǐ | to renege; to go back (on a deal) |
| 悔改 | huǐ gǎi | to repent; repentance |
| 无悔 (無悔) | wú huǐ | to have no regrets |
| 悔过 (悔過) | huǐ guò | to repent; to be penitent |
| 无怨无悔 (無怨無悔) | wú yuàn wú huǐ | no complaints; to have no regrets |
| 悔罪 | huǐ zuì | to repent; to be contrite |
| 悔悟 | huǐ wù | to repent |
| 后悔莫及 (後悔莫及) | hòu huǐ mò jí | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. |
English words written with 悔
悔 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · I Ching 35 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
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