How to Write 悻 (xìng) — Meaning “angry; resentful”

Imagine a lucky person (幸) who suddenly has a change of heart (忄) and becomes angry because their luck turned bad. Picture someone finding a four-leaf clover, then getting upset when it wilts — that resentful feeling is 悻.

The left radical 忄 is written first as a dot, then a vertical stroke, then another dot — the vertical line should be straight and slightly longer than the right side. The right side 幸 starts with horizontal strokes: write the top 土 (earth) part, then the two lower horizontal strokes, keeping the left side narrow to balance the 11 strokes.

悻 (xìng) has the heart radical and means 'angry/resentful', while 恂 (xún) also has the heart radical but means 'sincere' or 'cautious' — visually, 恂 has 旬 on the right, not 幸. 恃 (shì) has 寺 on the right and means 'to rely on', so it's about dependence, not emotion.

悻 is not common in daily conversation; it appears mostly in written or literary Chinese, especially in the repeated form 悻悻 (xìng xìng) meaning 'resentfully' or 'angrily', as in 悻悻而去 (to leave angrily). You might see it in news or classical-style writing to describe a person's frustrated or displeased expression.

Common words containing 悻 include: 悻悻 (xìng xìng) — resentful; angry; 悻然 (xìng rán) — angrily; resentfully; 悻悻然 (xìng xìng rán) — resentfully; angrily.