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悔 = 忄 + 毎

悔 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “repent”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 毎 (every). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 672.

Keyword
repent
RTK frame
672
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.いる, く.やむ, くや.しい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
покаяться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
悔 repent

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 忄 heart
  2. 毎 every

How to find 悔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “every”. 悔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 悔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.