悻 (xìng): angry

Meanings

被骂了之后，他悻悻地走了。

Bèi mà le zhīhòu, tā xìngxìng de zǒu le.

After being scolded, he left in a huff.

听说没被选上，他悻悻地离开了。

Tīngshuō méi bèi xuǎnshàng, tā xìngxìng de líkāi le.

Hearing he had not been chosen, he walked away resentfully.

usage

Nearly always doubled as 悻悻, describing someone leaving angry and resentful after a setback. Often followed by 地 as an adverb.

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

The heart radical, a left-side form of 心. It marks this as an emotion word, here resentful anger felt inside.

phonetic

幸 xìng

fortunate; luck

Supplies the sound, 幸 giving xìng directly. There is an ironic twist that the lucky element sits inside a word for sulking anger.

悻 xìng