Chinese symbol for “repent”
忏悔
chàn huǐ
Traditional: 懺悔
to repent; (religion) to confess
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repent is 忏悔 (chàn huǐ), defined as: to repent; (religion) to confess.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “repent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悔改 | huǐ gǎi | to repent; repentance |
| 悔过 (悔過) | huǐ guò | to repent; to be penitent |
| 悔罪 | huǐ zuì | to repent; to be contrite |
| 悔悟 | huǐ wù | to repent |
| 悔 | huǐ | (bound form) to regret; to repent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 忏悔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拜忏 (拜懺) | bài chàn | to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins |
| 后悔 (後悔) | hòu huǐ | to regret; to feel remorse |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repent”.
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.