hèn

hatred

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

艮 sound component

  Sound component

gěngèn

  

blunt

Evolution

恨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
恨 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
恨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
恨 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
恨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hèn

hatred, dislike; resent, hate; to hate; to regret

Most common words with 恨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hate

仇恨

to hate

憎恨

to detest

恨不得

wishing one could do sth

怨恨

to resent