悔悟 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huǐwù

repent

huǐ repent

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

每 Sound component

měi every

Change in sound

悔 and 每 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
悔 *m̥ˤəʔ
每 *mˤəʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwojX	m̥ˤəʔ	regret, repent

說文解字

《說文》：“悔，悔恨也。从心，每聲。”

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)

wù to apprehend

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

吾 Sound component

wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nguH	ŋˤa-s	awake, realize
Zhengzhang		ŋaːs
Unicode	ngò

說文解字

覺也。从心吾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

悔 huǐ repent

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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悟 wù to apprehend

Components

Character Evolution

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huǐ repent

wù to apprehend