怨
to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
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Dict coverage rank #1,456 U+6028
How 怨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 夗 (phonetic, yuàn)
How to remember it
resentment · Heisig RSH #2450
nameplate + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夗 (yuàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夗 sound component | yuàn | to turn over when asleep |
| 宛 | wǎn | to seem; as if; crooked |
| 苑 | yuàn | pasture, park, garden; mansion |
| 鸳 | yuān | male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) |
| 眢 | yuān | dull, parched, or inflamed eyes |
Words containing 怨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以直报怨，以德报德 | yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé | to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects) |
| 以德报怨 | yǐ dé bào yuàn | to return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good |
| 怨不得 | yuàn bu de | cannot blame; no wonder |
| 怨气冲天 | yuàn qì chōng tiān | (idiom) extremely resentful |
| 东征西怨 | dōng zhēng xī yuàn | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| 自怨自艾 | zì yuàn zì yì | to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors |
| 怨声载道 | yuàn shēng zài dào | lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is … |
| 拉不出屎来怨茅房 | lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng | lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idi… |
| 任劳任怨 | rèn láo rèn yuàn | to work hard without complaint (idiom) |
| 怨气 | yuàn qì | grievance; resentment; complaint |
| 杯酒解怨 | bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn | a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction |
| 民怨 | mín yuàn | popular grievance; complaints of the people |
| 怨言 | yuàn yán | complaint |
| 报怨 | bào yuàn | to pay back a score; to get revenge; to requite; (old) variant of 抱怨[bao4 yuan4] |
| 怨女 | yuàn nǚ | senior palace maiden; unmarried woman |
| 怨声 | yuàn shēng | wail; lament; voice of complaint |
| 无怨无悔 | wú yuàn wú huǐ | no complaints; to have no regrets |
| 结怨 | jié yuàn | to arouse dislike; to incur hatred |
| 怨命 | yuàn mìng | to complain about one's fate; to bemoan one's lot |
| 埋天怨地 | mán tiān yuàn dì | lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant |