Character: 恨
Modern (Beijing) reading: hèn
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄nʔs
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ǝ̄nh
Western Han Chinese: gǝ̄nh (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gǝ̄nh (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gǝ̄̀n (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣʌ̀n
English meaning : to hate, be angry [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ненавидеть; ненависть, злоба; вражда; 2) досадовать; досада; негодование; 3) сожалеть
Comments: Probably a derivate from 很 q.v. Regular Sino-Viet. is hận; the initial gi- in the colloquial variant is rather strange (is it a chance coincidence?).
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 5765
Karlgren code: 0416 f
Vietnamese reading: giận
