悵 meaning and stroke order
Disappointed; regretful; upset
How to write 悵, stroke by stroke
11 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 悵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
How 悵 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Heart.
忄 gives the meaning and 長 hints at the sound.
Radical: 忄 (heart), shared by 167 characters on this site.
How to remember 悵
The heart radical 忄 sits beside 長 (cháng, long), so picture a heart feeling something for a long time after a loss. That lingering ache is 悵 (chàng), a quiet, regretful disappointment.
悵 is mostly found in set words like 惆悵 (chóuchàng, melancholy) and 悵然 (chàngrán, disappointed, at a loss), which sound literary rather than casual. Example: 他悵然離去。(Tā chàngrán líqù.) He left feeling disappointed.
Common mistake: Learners often read it as cháng because of the phonetic 長, but 悵 is fourth tone, chàng. Do not confuse it with 帳 (zhàng, curtain or account) or 張 (zhāng), which share 長 but have a different radical on the left.
Questions about 悵
How many strokes are in 悵?
悵 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 悵 mean?
悵 (chàng) means disappointed; regretful; upset.
How do you pronounce 悵?
悵 is pronounced chàng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 悵?
The radical of 悵 is 忄, which carries the idea of "heart". Dictionaries list 悵 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 悵?
悵 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 怅, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 悵 and 失望?
失望 (shīwàng) is the everyday word for disappointed and fits any conversation. 悵 carries a softer, wistful sense of loss and regret, and it usually appears in written or literary phrases like 惆悵.
Can 悵 be used as a word by itself?
In modern Chinese it rarely stands alone. You will almost always see it inside compounds such as 惆悵 or 悵然, or in classical poetry.