愠
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Meaning: indignant
💡 Heart (忄) trapped in a container (昷): bottled-up anger.
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Character Story & Explanation
Excavated from oracle bones, 愠 (yùn) combines 忄 (heart) with 昷 (prisoner in a container), depicting suppressed anger. In classical texts like the Analects, it appears in 不愠 (not indignant) to describe the noble person who harbors no resentment. This character reveals how ancient Chinese viewed inner indignation as a trapped emotion that must be released.
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