悔恨
huǐ hèn · HSK 7
remorse
😣 悔 regret + 恨 hate = hating your own past mistake; deep remorse
悔 carries the sense of regret, and 恨 means to resent or hate. Together they describe self-directed resentment over a wrong choice. Both characters share the 忄 heart radical, marking it as an inward, felt emotion.
恨 — heart radical 忄 + 艮 (gěn, phonetic)
恨 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The heart radical 忄 (the side form of 心) signals an emotion or feeling, while 艮 supplies the sound (related to 'gěn/hèn'). Together they convey a strong negative feeling held in the heart — resentment, hatred, or deep regret.