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Mythic Mandarin

后悔 (hòu huǐ): meaning and stroke order

后悔 (hòu huǐ) means to regret; to feel remorse.

后悔

Simplified
后悔
Traditional
後悔
Pinyin
hòu huǐ

Stroke order of 后悔

后

  • Hòu surname Hou
  • hòu empress; queen
  • hòu back; behind
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 後

Stroke by stroke

悔

  • huǐ (bound form) to regret; to repent
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 后悔

  1. hòu huǐ Traditional 後悔
    • to regret; to feel remorse

Radicals of the characters

后
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · built from 𠂋 and 口
悔
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 10 strokes · 忄 on the left, 每 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

后悔 in our stories

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  • 那天晚上，钟远只给他发了一条短信：“你赢了。祝你别后悔。”

    nà tiān wǎnshang Zhōng Yuǎn zhǐ gěi tā fā le yì tiáo duǎnxìn nǐ yíng le zhù nǐ bié hòuhuǐ

    That night Zhong Yuan sent him just one text: "You win. Hope you don't regret it."

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 后悔

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).