憾 means “regret, regrettable”

かん · kan

Also: remorse, be sorry

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うらむ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

The heart (忄) beside 感, feeling: a feeling that lingers. 憾 lives in 遺憾, regret, the stiff word of official statements, and in 遺憾なく, leaving nothing to regret, as when a player shows their skill to the full.

Used in 遺憾 (ikan, regret) and 遺憾なく (ikan naku, to the full)

More from Joy & Sorrow

• 哀 sorrow
• 悦 joy
• 慨 deep emotion
• 愉 pleasure
• 煩 bother
• 慕 adore
• 愁 melancholy
• 憧 long for
• 爽 refreshing
• 憬 yearning
• 鬱 gloom
• 歓 delight

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.