How to Write 愠 (yùn) — Meaning “Irritated; resentful.”

Imagine your heart (忄) feels warm (昷) with anger — like a little furnace of resentment inside. This visual of a 'heated heart' helps link the shape to the meaning of being irritated.

First write the heart radical as a vertical line with two dots (left dot, then right dot, then vertical stroke). The right part 昷 must be written with 日 (sun) on top and 皿 (container) below; common mistakes include confusing it with 温's right side or writing the 皿 too wide.

愠 (yùn) means irritated and uses the right side 昷 (wēn), while 悃 (kǔn) means sincere and uses 困 (kùn, trapped), and 悄 (qiǎo) means quiet and uses 肖 (xiào). Focus on the different right components to distinguish their shapes and meanings.

愠 is a literary character, not common in everyday speech, but appears in fixed phrases like 愠色 (angry look) and 愠怒 (indignant). It is also seen in classical texts such as Confucius's saying '人不知而不愠' (not resentful when others don't understand you).

Common words containing 愠 include: 愠色 (yùn sè) — An angry look.; 愠怒 (yùn nù) — Angry; indignant.; 愠意 (yùn yì) — A look of displeasure..