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惋

wǎn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to sigh with regret
  2. 2 to feel sorry for
  3. 3 to lament

Examples

HSK 7-9
听到他早逝，大家都深感惋惜。
Tīngdào tā zǎoshì, dàjiā dōu shēngǎn wǎnxī.
Hearing of his early death, everyone felt deep regret.
HSK 7-9
这样的人才被埋没，实在令人惋惜。
Zhèyàng de réncái bèi máimò, shízài lìngrén wǎnxī.
It is a great pity that such a talented person was wasted.

Tips

usage
惋 is bound and almost always appears in 惋惜 (to feel sorry, to regret), used when something good is lost or wasted, often 令人惋惜 ('a real pity').

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; mind
The heart radical in left-side form. It marks 惋 as an emotion word: the inner ache of regret felt when something is lost or wasted.
phonetic
宛 wǎn
as if; winding
Supplies the sound directly: 宛 gives 惋 its exact reading wǎn, a clean phonetic match with no tone drift.

Stroke Order

惋 wǎn