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Kanji Detail for 恨 - "hatred, regret, to resent"

  • Meaning

    恨 means "hatred, regret, to resent."

    1. To resent - To feel grudge; to feel regret; to hate; to feel vexed.

  • Words using

    • 恨み うらみ Listen resentment; grudge; malice
    • 痛恨 つうこん Listen deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief
    • 恨む うらむ Listen to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 多情多恨 たじょうたこん Listen sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets
    • 意趣遺恨 いしゅいこん Listen grudge; spite; malice
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    • Verified meaning: hatred, regret, to resent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    regret; bear a grudge; resentment; malice; hatred

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hatred, dislike; resent, hate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hate; to regret

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to dislike, to hate, to resent

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Resentment. When accumulated resentment has become fact, it's called 恨事. Such as 遺恨, 飲恨. Also used as a verb.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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