The kanji 悔: meaning, readings and stroke order
悔
- Meaning
- regret, be frustrated
- On reading
- カイ kai
- Kun reading
- く(いる) kuiru、く(やむ) kuyamu、くや(しい) kuyashii
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 悔
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hối hận, tức tối (hối)
- Japanese
- くやむ。くやしい。
- Korean
- 뉘우치다, 분하다 (회)
- Chinese
- 后悔、懊恼
Readings, words and example sentences
カイ kai · on reading · less common
後悔
regret
後悔しない ように 決めます。
I make my choice so that I won't regret it.
く(いる) kuiru · kun reading · less common
悔いる
to be sorry for, to repent
自分の 行いを 悔いて います。
I am sorry for what I did.
く(やむ) kuyamu · kun reading · less common
悔やむ
to regret
あの 一言を 悔やみます。
I regret saying that one thing.
くや(しい) kuyashii · kun reading
悔しい
frustrated, bitter (about losing)
負けて 悔しいです。
I lost, and I feel so frustrated.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.