忏 chàn regret Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 千 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懺. Components 忄 忄 Meaning component xin, xīn heart 忄 is a component form of 心. 千 千 Sound component qiān thousand Sources Readings & variants Unicode 懺 regret Traditional Components 忄 忄 Meaning component xin, xīn heart heart 韱 韱 Sound component xiān wild onions or leeks Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsʰraːms Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang