Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

憾: remorse, regret

Also: be sorry

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 感 gives the sound

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 遺憾いかんregrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable
  • 遺憾なくいかんなくfully; to the full; (most) satisfactorily

うらむuramu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 憾みうらみresentment; grudge; malice

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hàn

Same form: 憾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
憾 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
憾 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hàn 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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