悔

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悔 U+6094, 悔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6094
← 悓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 悕 →

悔 U+FA3D, 悔
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3D
← 屮
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 慨 →
悔 U+2F8A3, 悔
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A3
← 㤜
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𢛔 →

Translingual

Han character

悔 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7 in Chinese, 心+6 in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 心人田卜 (POWY), four-corner 98055, composition ⿰忄每(GHTKV) or ⿰忄毎(J))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 387, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10617
  • Dae Jaweon: page 719, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2305, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6094

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 悔
alternative forms 𢙽 historical variant
𠧩 ancient form

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
脢 *mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴 *mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海 *hmlɯːʔ
毐 *ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣 *mɯ
拇 *mɯʔ
母 *mɯʔ
胟 *mɯʔ
姆 *mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮 *mɯʔ
踇 *mɯʔ
苺 *mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓 *mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏 *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵 *mrɯŋʔ
慜 *mrɯŋʔ
毋 *ma
梅 *mɯː
酶 *mɯː
鋂 *mɯː
每 *mɯːʔ
毎 *mɯːs
痗 *mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦 *hmɯːs
誨 *hmɯːs
悔 *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉 *mrɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Taiwan:
    • hóe - literary;
    • húi - vernacular.
Rime
Character 悔 悔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 呼罪切 荒内切
Baxter xwojX xwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/huʌiX/ /huʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/huoiX/ /huoiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɒiX/ /xuɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwəjX/ /hwəjH/
Li
Rong 		/xuᴀiX/ /xuᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/xuɒiX/ /xuɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xuɑ̆iX/ /xuɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huǐ huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fui2 fui3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 悔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwojX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁəʔ/
English regret, repent

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 悔 悔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9318 9319
Phonetic
component 		母 母
Rime
group 		之 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		賄
Old
Chinese 		/*hmɯːʔ/ /*hmɯːs/

Definitions

悔

  1. (literary, or in compounds) to repent; to show remorse; to regret

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 悔
Kyūjitai
[1]
悔
&#xFA3D;
or
悔+&#xFE00;?
悔󠄀
悔+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
悔󠄃
悔+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

悔

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 悔)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悔
かい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
悔 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 悔 (MC xwojX|xwojH).

Pronunciation

Affix

悔(かい) • (kai) ←くわい (kwai)?

  1. to repent, regret

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悔
くい
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
悔 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 悔 – see the following entry.
【くい】
regret
imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くいる (kuiru)
Alternative spelling
悔い
(This term, 悔, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
悔
くやみ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
悔 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 悔 – see the following entry.
【くやみ】
regret
(usually prefixed as おくやみ) condolence
stem or continuative form of くやむ (kuyamu)
Alternative spellings
悔やみ, 悔み
(This term, 悔, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ “悔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

悔 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悔: Hán Nôm readings: hối, húi, mủi, hỗi, hoải

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