悔 — repent, regret

くやむ悔 repent

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+6094 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1460 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #672 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

repent
regret

word

く ku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

悔(く) やむ kuyamu to regret

かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

後(こう) 悔(かい) koukai regret

くや kuya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

悔(くや) しい kuyashii frustrating

Appears in idioms

後悔先に立たず諺

Regret does not stand first

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

忄 heart (left form)

まい毎 every

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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