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恨
On'yomi
コン
KON
Kun'yomi
うら.む・うら.めしい
uramu / urameshii
regret · bear a grudge · resentment · malice · hatred
nature
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Strokes9
Frequency#1877
Radical心heart(4)
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Component Breakdown
恨=
忄艮
heart + 艮
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of heart and phonetic. Anger staying in heart.
Symbolism
Grudge, resentment, regret. Represents resentment.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Ice crystals
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
多情多恨
たじょうたこん
sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets; sensibility
意趣遺恨
いしゅいこん
grudge; spite; malice; grudge
Proverbs & Idioms
恨みに報いるに徳を以てす
うらみにむくいるにとくをもってす
Repay resentment with virtue
Respond to hatred with kindness
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
あふことの たえてしなくは なかなかに 人をも身をも 恨みざらまし
Poem #44 from Hyakunin Isshu
中納言朝忠Chūnagon Asatada
10th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
恨みわび ほさぬ袖だに あるものを 恋にくちなむ 名こそ惜しけれ
Poem #65 from Hyakunin Isshu
相模Sagami
11th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
人もをし 人も恨めし あぢきなく 世を思ふゆゑに 物思ふ身は
Poem #99 from Hyakunin Isshu
後鳥羽院Emperor Go-Toba
13th century