恼恨
nǎo​hèn

aggrieved

恼 nǎo get angry Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惱.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

囟
囟 Simplified component
xìn fontanel

Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 惱.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

恨 hèn hatred

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthonH[m-q]ˤə[n]-s regret

說文解字

《說文》：“恨，怨也。从心，艮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

惱 nǎo get angry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
𡿺
𡿺 Sound component
nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang