憾
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regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 心 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 憾
- Common rank
- #3,972
- Unicode
- U+61BE
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
regret · Heisig RSH #577
state of mind + 感 feel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 憾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引以为憾 | to consider sth regrettable (idiom) | |
| 憾事 | a matter for regret; sth that is a (great) pity | |
| 遗憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 缺憾 | a regret; sth regrettable | |
| 憾恨 | resentful; hateful |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 感 — compare how they read.