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怅

悵
chàng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 disappointed; rueful; melancholy

Examples

HSK 7-9
他怅然离去，若有所失。
Tā chàng rán líqù, ruòyǒusuǒshī.
He left feeling crestfallen, as if he had lost something.
HSK 7-9
看着老照片，她感到一阵惆怅。
Kàn zhe lǎo zhàopiàn, tā gǎndào yízhèn chóuchàng.
Looking at the old photographs, she felt a vague melancholy.

Tips

usage
Often paired in 惆怅 (wistful sadness) and 怅然 (disappointed). It marks a soft, lingering regret rather than sharp grief.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
The upright heart radical (left-side form of 心) marks 怅 as an emotion, the inner ache of disappointment.
phonetic
长 cháng
long
Supplies the sound; its sense of length also hints at the drawn-out, lingering quality of this kind of wistful sadness.

Stroke Order

怅 chàng