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憾

hàn

HSK 5 Character

What 憾 means

1. regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

Example sentences

• 多遗憾啊！
  What a pity!
• 令人遗憾。
  Regrettable.
• 很遗憾你不能来。
  It's a pity that you couldn't come.
• 很遗憾，下雨了。
  Unfortunately, it rained.
• 我觉得太遗憾了。
  I have a lot of regrets.
• 很遗憾你们不能来。
  It's a pity that you can't come.

Words starting with 憾

• 憾事hàn shìa matter for regret; sth that is a (great) pity
• 憾恨hàn hènresentful; hateful

Words containing 憾

• 遗憾yí hànregret; to regret; to be sorry that
• 缺憾quē hàna regret; sth regrettable
• 引以为憾yǐn yǐ wéi hànto consider sth regrettable (idiom)

Characters that look like 憾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 撼hànto shake; to vibrate
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 镛yōnglarge bell

Sounds the same

Read hàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汉man
• 汗perspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 旱drought
• 捍to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis