抱恨
bào​hèn

regret

抱 bào embrace

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

包
包 SoundIconic component
bāo wrap

Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbawX[m-p]ˤuʔ carry in the arms

說文解字

《說文》：“捊，引取也。从手，孚聲。抱，捊或从包。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫谢明文《释甲骨文中的“抱”——兼论“包”字》
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)