憾

hàn

regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

heart (忄) + feeling sound (感) = a lingering regret

忄 anchors the meaning in the heart — where regret truly lives. 感 mainly provides the sound hàn; the sting of feeling something is gone before you could hold it.

忄+感→憾
忄HeartSemantic
感To feelPhonetic

他没能去看那场演出,心里很遗憾。

tā méi néng qù kàn nà chǎng yǎnchū, xīn lǐ hěn yíhàn。

He was not able to go see that performance, and felt great regret in his heart.

这件事成了她一生中最大的遗憾。

zhè jiàn shì chéngle tā yīshēng zhōng zuì dà de yíhàn。

This matter became the greatest regret of her life.

Words with 憾

缺憾

quē hàn

a regret

遗憾

yí hàn

regret

引以为憾

yǐn yǐ wéi hàn

to consider sth regrettable (idiom)

憾事

hàn shì

a matter for regret

憾恨

hàn hèn

resentful

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