后悔

Etymology · 词源

“后”的历史构形可以这样理解：历史字形不能按现代笔画机械拆解。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 “悔”的历史构形可以这样理解：忄主要提示意义范围；每主要提示较早的读音。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 以上是各字的历史构形说明；“后悔”作为现代词语时，应结合完整词义学习，不能把单字意义机械相加。

后 (empress) and its mirror image 司 (take charge) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. In simplified Chinese 后 is also used to mean "after, behind", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 後. Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 后悔 as a complete modern word rather than mechanically adding isolated character meanings.

Learning note · 学习提示：形旁通常提示意义范围，声旁通常提示较早的读音；现代普通话读音或字义可能已经发生变化。