# 悔

| 悔 | U+6094, &#24724; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6094 |
| ← 悓 [U+6093] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 悕 → [U+6095] |
| 悔 | U+FA3D, &#64061; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3D |
| ← 屮 [U+FA3C] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 慨 → [U+FA3E] |
| 悔 | U+2F8A3, &#194723; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A3 |
| ← 㤜 [U+2F8A2] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𢛔 → [U+2F8A4] |

## 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 9805$_5$, 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
* Unihan data for U+FA3D
* Unihan data for U+2F8A3

## Chinese
### 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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huǐ (hui$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэй (huey, II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fui$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fii$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fí / fì / fî
    (Hailu, HRS): fui$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hui$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ho̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): huói
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hue$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hóe / húi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hue
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^3$
*** Yale: hwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hui$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
*** Sinological IPA : /xuei⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэй (huey, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuɛi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fui$^3$
*** Yale: fui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuːi̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fii$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɨi²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí / fì / fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˋ$ / fi$^ˇ$ / fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^3$ / fi$^2$ / fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi³¹/, /fi¹¹/, /fi²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fui²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuei⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ho̿
*** Sinological IPA : /xo³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huói
*** Sinological IPA : /hui²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hue$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /huei⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hue$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /huei³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe
*** Tâi-lô: hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoea
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hue⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
*** Tâi-lô: huí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³/
* Taiwan:
** hóe - literary;
** húi - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: xwojX, xwojH
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 | /huʌi$^X$/ | /huʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /huoi$^X$/ | /huoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xuɒi$^X$/ | /xuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwəj$^X$/ | /hwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xuᴀi$^X$/ | /xuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xuɒi$^X$/ | /xuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xuɑ̆i$^X$/ | /xuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huǐ | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fui$^2$ | fui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːʔ/, /*hmɯːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 悔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xwoj$^X$ › |
| 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. *[t] 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

* 不悔
* 中悔
* 九死不悔
* 亢悔
* 亢龍有悔 / 亢龙有悔
* 傷悔 / 伤悔
* 前悔
* 反悔 (fǎnhuǐ)
* 吉凶悔吝
* 吃後悔藥 / 吃后悔药 (chī hòuhuǐyào)
* 咎悔
* 嗟悔 (jiēhuǐ)
* 嘆悔 / 叹悔
* 多言招悔
* 失悔 (shīhuǐ)
* 媿悔 / 愧悔
* 寡悔
* 尤悔
* 幡然悔悟
* 後悔 / 后悔 (hòuhuǐ)
* 後悔不來 / 后悔不来
* 後悔不及 / 后悔不及
* 後悔何及 / 后悔何及
* 後悔無及 / 后悔无及
* 後悔莫及 / 后悔莫及 (hòuhuǐmòjí)
* 後悔藥兒 / 后悔药儿
* 怯悔
* 怨悔
* 怙終不悔 / 怙终不悔
* 恨悔
* 恫悔
* 恚悔
* 悔不當初 / 悔不当初 (huǐbùdāngchū)
* 悔之不及
* 悔之亡及
* 悔之何及
* 悔之晚矣 (huǐ zhī wǎn yǐ)
* 悔之無及 / 悔之无及
* 悔之莫及 (huǐzhīmòjí)
* 悔事
* 悔亡
* 悔其少作
* 悔厲 / 悔厉
* 悔口
* 悔吝
* 悔咎
* 悔嘆 / 悔叹
* 悔婚 (huǐhūn)
* 悔寤 (huǐwù)
* 悔尤
* 悔心
* 悔志
* 悔怒
* 悔怨
* 悔恥 / 悔耻
* 悔恨 (huǐhèn)
* 悔恚
* 悔悖
* 悟悔
* 悛悔
* 悖悔 (bèihui)
* 悔悟 (huǐwù)
* 悔悵 / 悔怅
* 悔悶 / 悔闷
* 悔愆
* 悔意 (huǐyì)
* 悔愧
* 悔慚 / 悔惭
* 悔憾
* 悔懊
* 悔懼 / 悔惧
* 悔戾
* 悔改 (huǐgǎi)
* 悔服
* 悔望
* 悔棋 (huǐqí)
* 悔歎 / 悔叹
* 悔毒之歎 / 悔毒之叹
* 悔氣 / 悔气
* 悔沮
* 悔痛
* 悔禍 / 悔祸
* 悔罪 (huǐzuì)
* 悔罪自新
* 悔艾
* 悔親 / 悔亲
* 悔謝 / 悔谢
* 悔讀南華 / 悔读南华
* 悔賴 / 悔赖
* 悔遁
* 悔過 / 悔过 (huǐguò)
* 悔過書 / 悔过书
* 悔過自懺 / 悔过自忏
* 悔過自新 / 悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
* 悔過自責 / 悔过自责
* 悔非
* 悼悔
* 悲悔
* 惎悔
* 感悔
* 惶悔
* 愆悔
* 惱悔 / 恼悔
* 愧悔
* 愧悔無地 / 愧悔无地
* 慚悔 / 惭悔
* 憂悔 / 忧悔
* 憾悔
* 懊悔 (àohuǐ)
* 懺悔 / 忏悔 (chànhuǐ)
* 懺悔錄 / 忏悔录
* 改悔 (gǎihuǐ)
* 敗悔 / 败悔
* 日以月悔
* 死而不悔
* 死而無悔 / 死而无悔
* 災悔 / 灾悔
* 無怨無悔 / 无怨无悔
* 無悔 / 无悔
* 番悔
* 疚悔
* 疵悔
* 痛悔 (tònghuǐ)
* 痛悔前非
* 祇悔
* 罪悔
* 翻悔 (fānhuǐ)
* 翻然悔悟
* 翻然改悔
* 老背悔
* 背悔
* 臨危自悔 / 临危自悔
* 自悔
* 變悔 / 变悔
* 讖悔 / 谶悔 (chànhuǐ)
* 貞悔 / 贞悔
* 責悔 / 责悔
* 貽悔 / 贻悔
* 輒悔 / 辄悔
* 返悔
* 退悔
* 追悔 (zhuīhuǐ)
* 追悔不及
* 追悔何及
* 過悔 / 过悔
* 遷悔 / 迁悔
* 遺悔 / 遗悔
* 重悔
* 銜悔 / 衔悔
* 閔悔 / 闵悔
* 餘悔 / 余悔
* 首悔
* 驚悔 / 惊悔

## Japanese

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

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 悔)

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
* Kun: くいる (kuiru, 悔いる, Jōyō)、くやしい (kuyashii, 悔しい, Jōyō)、くやむ (kuyamu, 悔やむ, Jōyō)、くい (kui, 悔い)、くやみ (kuyami, 悔やみ)

### 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

* IPA: [ka̠i]

#### Affix

悔(かい) • (kai)
* 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】 | [noun] regret [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くいる (kuiru) [ichidan] 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】 | [noun] regret [noun] (usually prefixed as おくやみ) condolence [verb] stem or continuative form of くやむ (kuyamu) [godan] Alternative spellings 悔やみ, 悔み |
(This term, 悔, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “悔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## 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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