# 悔 regret

(leftheart) + 毎 (every)
★★★★☆
9 strokes
This isn't a moral regret- (that's more like 省みる (kaerimiru) or 後悔（koukai)). 悔しい is more like, you just regret that you didn't succeed in your evil schemes.

## Onyomi

KAI | Charlie Brown regrets the time his KITE got eaten!

## Mnemonic

| I regret that I broke every heart I encountered

## Kunyomi

くや＊しい | this means, "Fuck! I almost had it and then it all went to hell GOD DAMN IT I WAS SO CLOSE!" 1/2 KANA ★★★★★
く＊い | to succeed but still feel like you could have done better (used exclusiely in the expression: くい が のこる) ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

後悔(こうかい) する | regret ★★★☆☆ FP 後 (afterwards / behind) + 悔 (regret) = 後悔 (regret) the most general, broad, useful word for regret

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
悔 | regret | HEART | 心
侮 | despise | PEOPLE | 人

I regret getting my HEART broke, but I despise all PEOPLE.

## Synonyms

regret 後ろめたい 省みる 後悔 反省 振り返る
that’s too bad! 残念 遺憾 悔しい