chàng

disappointed

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

长 sound component

  Sound component

zhǎngcháng

  

long

Evolution

怅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
怅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
怅 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
怅 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chàng

disappointed, dissatisfied; regretful; upset; despair; depressed

Most common words with 怅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

惆怅

melancholy

怅然

disappointed and frustrated

怅惘

distracted

upset

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3409th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+6005


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