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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: repent, regret

Kunyomi: く.いる, く.やむ, くや.しい

Onyomi: カイ

Composition: 忄 毎

悔

Radical

Radical: 心

Meaning: heart

Reading: こころ

Frequency: 1,115

Alternative forms:

忄(alt radical position hen)

心

Examples

Onyomi Examples

悔恨 (カイコン) regret, remorse, repentance, contrition

悔悟 (カイゴ) remorse, repentance

痛悔 (ツウカイ) contrition, extreme regret, contrition (in Catholicism)

亢龍有悔 (コウリョウユウカイ) the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent, he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent

Kunyomi Examples

悔いる (くいる) to regret

悔やむ (くやむ) to mourn, to lament, to be sorry, to regret, to repent

悔しい (くやしい) frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice), annoyed, chagrined, (bitterly) disappointed, bitter, vexed, frustrating, annoying, regrettable

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