歉意
qiàn yì · HSK 7
apology
🙇 歉 (sorry) + 意 (feeling) = the feeling of being sorry, an apology
歉 carries the sense of a deficit or falling short, and 意 means intention or feeling; together they name the regretful feeling you owe someone. The bowing person 🙇 is the standard gesture that goes with offering it.