Chinese symbol for “alarmed”
惶惶
huáng huáng
alarmed; anxious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alarmed is 惶惶 (huáng huáng), defined as: alarmed; anxious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “alarmed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊怕 (驚怕) | jīng pà | alarmed; frightened |
| 着慌 (著慌) | zháo huāng | alarmed; panicking |
| 担惊受怕 (擔驚受怕) | dān jīng shòu pà | (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious |
| 张皇 (張皇) | zhāng huáng | alarmed; flustered |
| 怛 | dá | distressed; alarmed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惶惶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惶恐 | huáng kǒng | terrified |
| 人心惶惶 | rén xīn huáng huáng | (idiom) everyone is anxious; (of a group of people) to feel anxious |
| 惊惶 (驚惶) | jīng huáng | panic-stricken |
| 诚惶诚恐 (誠惶誠恐) | chéng huáng chéng kǒng | in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) |
| 惶恐不安 | huáng kǒng bù ān | anxious; panicky |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alarmed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.