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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 (G H T K V ) 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
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.
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
( literary , or in compounds) to repent ; to show remorse ; to regret
Synonyms
嗟悔 ( jiēhuǐ ) ( literary, to sigh in regret ) 後悔 / 后悔 ( hòuhuǐ ) 懊恨 ( àohèn ) ( literary ) 懊悔 ( àohuǐ ) ( literary ) 追悔 ( zhuīhuǐ ) 遺憾 / 遗憾 ( yíhàn )
回頭 / 回头 ( huítóu ) ( figuratively ) 悔恨 ( huǐhèn ) 悔悟 ( huǐwù ) 悔過 / 悔过 ( huǐguò )
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
悔
Kyūjitai [ 1]
悔 悔
or悔 +︀
?
悔󠄀 悔 +󠄀
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
悔󠄃 悔 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
悔
(Jōyō kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 悔 )
Readings
Go-on : け ( ke ) ←け ( ke , historical ) ←くゑ ( kwe , ancient )
Kan-on : かい ( kai , Jōyō ) ←くわい ( kwai , historical )
Kun : くいる ( ku iru , 悔いる , Jōyō ) ←くゆ ( ku yu , 悔ゆ , historical ) 、くやしい ( kuya shii , 悔しい , Jōyō ) 、くやむ ( ku yamu , 悔やむ , Jōyō ) 、くい ( ku i , 悔い ) 、くやみ ( ku yami , 悔やみ )
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
悔 ( kyūjitai )
From Middle Chinese 悔 (MC xwojX| xwojH ).
Pronunciation
Affix
悔( かい ) • (kai ) ←くわい ( kwai ) ?
to repent , regret
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
悔 ( kyūjitai )
For pronunciation and definitions of 悔 – see the following entry.
(This term, 悔 , is an alternative spelling ( dated ) of the above term.)
Etymology 3
Alternative spelling
悔 ( kyūjitai )
For pronunciation and definitions of 悔 – see the following entry.
(This term, 悔 , is an alternative spelling ( dated ) of the above term.)
References
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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