愠

慍
yùn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to be displeased; to feel hurt
  2. 2 to harbor resentment

Examples

HSK 1
Rénbùzhī'érbúyùn.
He felt no resentment even when others failed to understand him.
HSK 4
Tā liǎnshàng yǒu yùnsè, què méi shuōhuà.
His face showed displeasure but he said nothing.

Tips

history
愠 is a literary word for quiet, restrained displeasure rather than open anger. The famous 《论语》 (Analects) line 人不知而不愠 ('not resentful when others fail to recognize you') makes it one of the best-known characters in classical Chinese.
memory
The heart radical 忄 plus a 温-like body: picture a heart that has gone warm - heated - under the surface, simmering rather than exploding. That simmering warmth is 愠, inner displeasure.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
The left-side form of the heart radical 心. It marks 愠 as an emotion word, the family that includes 怒 (anger) and 怕 (fear).
phonetic
昷 wēn
warm
Supplies the sound. This is the same phonetic that gives 温 (warm) its reading; here the initial has shifted so the character is read yùn. It pictures a vessel under cover and carries no meaning in 愠.

Stroke Order

愠 yùn