怼

懟
duì / duǐ
verb #96,972

Meanings

  1. 1 to resent; to hate
  2. 2 resentment; enmity

Examples

HSK 6
Suī sǐ wú duì.
Even facing death he held no resentment.
HSK 7-9
Jī jiǔ de yuànduì zhōngyú huà wéi gōngkāi de díyì.
Long-stored resentment finally turned to open hostility.

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In this classical reading 怼 means 'resentment / to hate', literary and mostly in 怨怼. A separate spoken reading 怼 is the popular internet word for 'to clap back at someone'.

Components

radical
心 xīn
heart; feeling
Bottom is the heart radical 心, placing this among emotion words - here a grudge held in the heart.
phonetic
对 duì
to face; opposite; sound element
Top 对 gives the reading duì; its 'facing / opposed' sense also colors the meaning - resentment is set against someone. Traditional 懟 uses the fuller 對.

Stroke Order

怼 duì