Meanings
- repent
- regret
Strokes9
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1460 of 2,500
Kanji N1
悔: repent, regret
悔 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning repent, regret, written with 9 strokes. It is read カイ (on) and くいる, くやむ, くやしい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 後悔 (こうかい, regret) and 悔しい (くやしい, frustrated).
悔
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- カイ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- くいる
- くやむ
- くやしい
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 悔
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- JLPT N1
- 悔しいくやしいJLPT N2
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
- 悔やむくやむJLPT N2
to mourn; to lament
- 悔いくい
regret; repentance
- 悔いるくいる
to regret
- 悔やみくやみ
condolence; condolences
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