悔

huǐ

h+uǐ·3rd tone

(bound form) to regret; to repent

Radical: 忄 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒悟慎恤

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Character Decomposition

悔=忄+每

Etymology

heart

Meanings

(bound form) to regret; to repent

huǐ

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Idioms with 悔 31 total Chain

to see the error of one's ways · to make a clean break with one's past翻然悔悟fān rán huǐ wù too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.后悔莫及hòu huǐ mò jí to regret one's past deeds (idiom)悔不当初huǐ bù dāng chū to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf悔过自新huǐ guò zì xīn to feel remorse and shame (idiom)悔恨交加huǐ hèn jiāo jiā