忾
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Meaning: anger
💡 Heart radical + 'gas' (气) = anger bubbling up like gas.
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Character Story & Explanation
忾 (kài) means 'anger' or 'resentment', derived from the heart radical 忄 (xīn) indicating emotion. It appears in classical texts like the Analects where Confucius described an angry response as '忾然'. Today it's rare, mostly used in formal or literary contexts.
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