Chinese symbol for “regretful”
怅
chàng
Traditional: 悵
regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for regretful is 怅 (chàng), defined as: regretful; upset; despairing; depressed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惆怅 (惆悵) | chóu chàng | melancholy; depression |
| 怅然 (悵然) | chàng rán | disappointed and frustrated |
| 怅惘 (悵惘) | chàng wǎng | distracted; listless |
| 怅然若失 (悵然若失) | chàng rán ruò shī | (idiom) to feel a profound sense of loss; to feel disconsolate |
| 怅怅然 (悵悵然) | chàng chàng rán | disappointed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “regretful”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.