Memory phrase for the character: 悔

悔

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Meaning

regret, repent, vexing

Pronunciation

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kuyama, kuyashii, kuiru

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 毎 (A [horizontal] person 人 = has a mother 母, namely: every)

Mnemonic
 
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.

Radicals

忄 feelingsRadical name: risshin
毎 every, eachAt the bottom: mother 母, which is a woman 女 with two dots : that are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
lying person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
母 motherShows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
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 Vocabulary

悔恨 かいこん  regret, remorse, contrition
後悔 こうかい  regret, repentance
悔しい くやしい  regrettable, mortifying, vexing
悔やむ くやむ  to mourn

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