Chinese symbol for “remorse”
悔恨
huǐ hèn
remorse; repentance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for remorse is 悔恨 (huǐ hèn), defined as: remorse; repentance.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “remorse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悔意 | huǐ yì | remorse |
| 沉痛 | chén tòng | grief; remorse |
| 追悔 | zhuī huǐ | to repent; remorse |
| 疚 | jiù | chronic disease; guilt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悔恨.
| 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 |
| 反悔 | fǎn huǐ | to renege; to go back (on a deal) |
| 悔改 | huǐ gǎi | to repent; repentance |
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | to hate; hatred |
| 憎恨 | zēng hèn | to detest; hatred |
| 痛恨 | tòng hèn | to detest; to loathe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “remorse”.
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.