Hanja Analyzer
悔

悔 — hoe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
뉘우칠 회
Romanization
hoe
English
repent, show remorse, regret
Mandarin
huǐ
Japanese on'yomi
カイ
Japanese kun'yomi
く.いる く.やむ くや.しい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,460 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
心 (61, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
每
Unicode
U+6094

Parts that make up 悔

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 毎 매양 매 비녀 꽂은 어미每 와 같은 글자. ‘매·모’ 계열의 소리

How 悔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 悔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 每.

Korean example words with 悔

  • 회과悔過 Korean gloss: 잘못을 뉘우침
  • 회심悔心 Korean gloss: 잘못을 뉘우치는 마음
  • 회개하다悔改 Korean gloss: 잘못을 뉘우치고 고치다
  • 회오하다悔悟 Korean gloss: 잘못을 뉘우치고 깨닫다
  • 참회자懺悔者 Korean gloss: 참회하는 사람
  • 심회深悔 Korean gloss: 깊이 뉘우침.
  • 건회愆悔 Korean gloss: 허물이나 잘못.
  • 회건悔愆 Korean gloss: 허물이나 잘못.
  • 감회憾悔 Korean gloss: 한탄하고 뉘우침.
  • 오회懊悔 Korean gloss: 뉘우치고 한탄함.
  • 회죄悔罪 Korean gloss: 지은 죄를 뉘우침.
  • 수회羞悔 Korean gloss: 부끄러워하여 뉘우침.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 悔

  • 悔し泣きくやしなき crying from vexation; tears of regret
  • 悔いくい regret; repentance
  • 後悔こうかい regret; repentance; remorse
  • 悔しいくやしい frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined
  • 悔やむくやむ to mourn; to lament; to be sorry
  • 悔し涙くやしなみだ tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation
  • 悔やみくやみ condolence; condolences
  • 懺悔ざんげ repentance; confession; penitence
  • 悔いるくいる to regret
  • 悔悟かいご remorse; repentance
  • 悔恨かいこん regret; remorse; repentance
  • 悔ゆくゆ to regret

Characters sharing the phonetic 每

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “회”

Other hanja with radical 心

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