怨

yuàn

to blame

(bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

phonetic (夗) + heart (心) = resentment held in the heart

夗 gives the approximate sound yuàn; the heart radical beneath it carries all the meaning — this is where resentment lives, coiled in the chest.

夗+心→怨
夗A phonetic component with no direct semantic contribution herePhonetic
心HeartSemantic

他做错了事,你不能只怨别人。

tā zuò cuò le shì, nǐ bù néng zhǐ yuàn biérén.

He did something wrong; you can't just blame others.

她心里积累了很多怨气,却不知道怎么说出来。

tā xīn lǐ jīlěi le hěn duō yuànqì, què bù zhīdào zěnme shuō chūlái.

She has built up a lot of resentment inside, but doesn't know how to express it.

Words with 怨

仇怨

chóu yuàn

hatred and desire for revenge

民怨

mín yuàn

popular grievance

怨天尤人

yuàn tiān yóu rén

(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others

埋怨

mán yuàn

to complain

怨言

yuàn yán

complaint

挟怨

xié yuàn

to hold a grudge

以德报怨

yǐ dé bào yuàn

to return good for evil (idiom)

以直报怨,以德报德

yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé

to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

任劳任怨

rèn láo rèn yuàn

to work hard without complaint (idiom)

哀怨

āi yuàn

grief

嗔怨

chēn yuàn

to complain; to reproach

自怨自艾

zì yuàn zì yì

to be full of remorse

More characters with 夗

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