Kanji1 / 9
悔 kanji
repent, regret
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カイ
Kun readings
くいるくやむくやしい
Variant forms
悔Words with 悔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1後悔Popularregret; repentance; remorse
- —悔悟remorse; repentance
- —悔恨regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
- —痛悔contrition; extreme regret; contrition (in Catholicism)
- —悔心contrition
- —翻然悔悟to feel sudden remorse
- —亢龍有悔the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent; he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent
- —悔悛の秘跡sacrament of penance and reconciliation
- —後悔先に立たずit is no use crying over spilt milk
- —やらずに後悔するよりやって後悔したほうがいいit is better to try and fail than never to try at all
- —悔悛repentance; contrition
- —亢竜有悔the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent; he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent