恨 (hèn) — to hate; to regret
Definition
恨 (hèn) covers two unrelated senses: 'to hate' (people, unfairness — stronger and more personal than 厌恶 'loathe') and, as in 悔恨, 'to regret deeply' — stronger and more literary than 后悔.
verb
to hateto regret
Examples
- 恨。Wǒ hèn nà xiē shuō jiǎ huà de rén.I hate those people who tell lies.
- 。Tā huǐ hèn dāng chū méi yǒu nǔ lì xué xí.He regretted not having studied hard back then.
- 恨。Wǒ hèn zhè zhǒng bù gōng píng de shì qing.I hate this kind of unfair thing.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left side 忄 is the heart, pointing to an emotion such as regret or hate. The right side 艮 supplies the sound.
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