惨 — Chinese character
惨
cǎn
miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
- Pinyin
- cǎn
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 忄 参
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 参
- Traditional
- 慘
- Japanese
- 惨 as a kanji
Common words with 惨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 惨案 (慘案) | cǎn àn | massacre; tragedy |
| 惨重 (慘重) | cǎn zhòng | disastrous |
| 惨遭 (慘遭) | cǎn zāo | to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
| 惨败 (慘敗) | cǎn bài | to suffer a crushing defeat |
| 惨烈 (慘烈) | cǎn liè | bitter; desperate |
| 惨剧 (慘劇) | cǎn jù | tragedy; calamity |
| 惨痛 (慘痛) | cǎn tòng | bitter; painful |
| 凄惨 (悽慘) | qī cǎn | plaintive; mournful |
| 惨死 (慘死) | cǎn sǐ | to die tragically; to meet with a violent death |
| 惨不忍睹 (慘不忍睹) | cǎn bù rěn dǔ | lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious |
| 惨淡 (慘淡) | cǎn dàn | dark; gloomy |
English words written with 惨
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