feel remorse / regret / repent
(bound form) to feel remorse / (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")

忏 character breakdown

thousand

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

Characters with 忏 as component

忏 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 忏

to repent / (religion) to confess
to confess / to repent / remorse / repentance / penitent / confession (Buddhism)
to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins

Sentences with 忏

忏 currently does not appear in any sentence.