怅 Stroke Order

怅 (chàng) Meaning: 1. Disappointed; feeling unfulfilled. Example phrases: - 失意，不痛快: 失意而感到的不快。(Disappointed and feeling uncomfortable.) - 怅然若失: Feeling lost in disappointment. - 怅恍: Confused and melancholic. - 怅望: Longing with a sense of loss. - 怅惘: Feeling bewildered and regretful. - 怅惋: Expressing sorrow and regret. - ～～: A sense of being lost and bewildered; feeling melancholy. - 惆怅: Feeling sad and disappointed; a complex emotion of longing and disappointment. Additional Notes: - Origin: The character indicates a meaning rooted in the heart (心) coupled with a prolonged sound, emphasizing the feeling derived from disappointment. - Examples in literature: 1. From "Shuowen Jiezi": 恨, 望恨也 (Hate, a longing for something disappointed). 2. From "Records of the Grand Historian": 陈涉少时,尝与人佣耕 (In his youth, Chen She worked as a hired farmer, feeling disappointed on the ridge of the field: "If one becomes rich or noble, let us not forget each other.") 3. From Mao Zedong's poem "Qin Yuan Chun - Changsha": 怅寥廓, 问苍茫大地 (Longing in the vastness, asking the expansive earth, who masters the rising and falling?). 4. Usage examples include: 惆怅 (sadness; disappointment), 怅况 (a feeling of bewilderment), and 怅触 (a sense of melancholic touch).