悔 meaning and stroke order
To regret, to repent, to show remorse
How to write 悔, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 悔
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) to regret; to repent
How 悔 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Heart.
忄 gives the meaning and 每 hints at the sound.
Radical: 忄 (heart), shared by 167 characters on this site.
How to remember 悔
悔 combines the heart radical 忄 with 每 (měi, every), which hints at the sound. Picture your heart replaying every mistake, again and again, and you get regret.
悔 is a bound form, so it almost always appears inside words like 后悔 (hòuhuǐ), the everyday way to say you regret something. Example: 我很后悔没去。(Wǒ hěn hòuhuǐ méi qù.) I really regret not going.
Common mistake: Learners often write 每 without the heart radical, or confuse 悔 with 梅 (méi, plum) and 海 (hǎi, sea), which share the same right side. Also note the tone: 悔 is third tone huǐ, not měi like its phonetic part.
Common words with 悔
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
悔 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 悔
How many strokes are in 悔?
悔 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 悔 mean?
悔 (huǐ) means to regret, to repent, to show remorse. A common word with it is 后悔 (hòuhuǐ), meaning "to regret; to feel remorse".
How do you pronounce 悔?
悔 is pronounced huǐ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 悔?
The radical of 悔 is 忄, which carries the idea of "heart". Dictionaries list 悔 under this radical.
Is 悔 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 悔 is part of the HSK 5 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I say 我悔 to mean I regret it?
No. 悔 does not stand alone in modern speech. Use 后悔 instead, as in 我后悔了 (wǒ hòuhuǐ le), I regret it.
What is the difference between 后悔 and 反悔?
后悔 (hòuhuǐ) means feeling sorry about something you did or did not do. 反悔 (fǎnhuǐ) means going back on a promise or deal, so it describes an action rather than a feeling.