惋

wǎn

verb

Meanings

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.

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.

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').

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 wǎn gives 惋 its exact reading wǎn, a clean phonetic match with no tone drift.

惋 wǎn