怨 — Chinese character

怨

yuàn

to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment

Pinyin: yuàn
Radical: 61 ⼼ (Heart)
Strokes: 9
Components: 夗心
Formation: pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 夗
Japanese: 怨 as a kanji

Common words with 怨

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
抱怨	bào yuàn	to complain; to grumble
埋怨	mán yuàn	to complain; to grumble (about)
怨恨	yuàn hèn	to resent; to harbor a grudge against
恩怨	ēn yuàn	gratitude and grudges; resentment
怨言	yuàn yán	complaint
怨气 (怨氣)	yuàn qì	grievance; resentment
民怨	mín yuàn	popular grievance; complaints of the people
无怨无悔 (無怨無悔)	wú yuàn wú huǐ	no complaints; to have no regrets
积怨 (積怨)	jī yuàn	grievance; accumulated rancor
怨声载道 (怨聲載道)	yuàn shēng zài dào	lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced
怨念	yuàn niàn	grudge; pent-up resentment; consuming bitterness
哀怨	āi yuàn	grief; resentment

English words written with 怨

怨 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 20 · Mencius 24 · Zhuangzi 9 · Doctrine of the Mean 3

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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