漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
恨: regret, bear a grudge
Also: resentment, malice, hatred
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 艮 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 痛恨つうこんdeep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
- 遺恨いこんgrudge; ill will; enmity
うらむuramu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 恨みうらみresentment; grudge; malice
- 恨むうらむto bear a grudge against; to resent
Also read うらめしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Feel the beat! When the heart "stands up" on the left side of a kanji, it brings the intense energy of emotion and thought.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
恨 takes the 艮 family's reading, コン (kon).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hèn
Same form: 恨 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 恨 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 恨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hèn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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