怨
grudge, show resentment, be jealous
Readings
On'yomi
- エン
- オン
- ウン
Kun'yomi
- うら.む
- うらみ
- うら.めしい
Meaning
怨 centers on a deep, lingering negative feeling toward someone or something: holding a grudge, showing resentment, or feeling jealous.
Most common words using 怨
20 of 24- 怨念おんねん
deep-seated grudge; hatred
- 怨霊おんりょう
revengeful ghost; apparition
- 怨恨えんこん
enmity; grudge
- 私怨しえん
personal grudge; personal enmity
- 怨嗟えんさ
(deeply held) resentment
- 人を怨むより身を怨めひとをうらむよりみをうらめ
it is easier to blame than do better; instead of resenting others, resent yourself
- 呪怨じゅうおん
Ju-on; The Grudge (Japanese horror movie)
- 大徳は小怨を滅すだいとくはしょうえんをめっす
great virtues extinguish small grudges
- 宿怨しゅくえん
old grudge; old score
- 怨じるえんじる
to bear a grudge; to resent
- 怨ずるえんずる
to bear a grudge
- 怨声えんせい
complaint; murmur
- 怨害おんがい
damages caused by an evil apparition; a ghost's curse
- 怨憎会苦おんぞうえく
the pain of meeting people one dislikes
- 怨敵おんてき
sworn enemy
- 怨敵退散おんてきたいさん
invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
- 怨望えんぼう
resentment; grudge
- 怨色えんしょく
grudging look
- 怨親平等おんしんびょうどう
care equally for friends and foes; treat everyone with equal kindness
- 怨言えんげん
grudge; complaint; reproach
Study
Etymology
怨 combines 心 (heart/mind) with 夗, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest a bent or twisted feeling, together expressing a resentful or grudging heart.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 夗 looks like a person curled up and twisted with bitterness, and the bottom 心 is the heart. Picture a heart twisted into a tight knot of resentment.
Reading mnemonic
For エン, imagine someone holding a grudge so long it becomes an endless yen (yearning for revenge): yen -> エン, and the twisted heart keeps the resentment alive.