Chinese symbol for “anathema”
深恶痛绝
shēn wù tòng jué
Traditional: 深惡痛絕
to detest bitterly (idiom); implacable hatred; to abhor; anathema
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anathema is 深恶痛绝 (shēn wù tòng jué), defined as: to detest bitterly (idiom); implacable hatred; to abhor; anathema.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “anathema”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 深恶痛绝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深入 | shēn rù | to penetrate deeply; thorough |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
| 深度 | shēn dù | depth; (of a speech etc) profundity |
| 深化 | shēn huà | to deepen; to intensify |
| 深夜 | shēn yè | very late at night |
| 深深 | shēn shēn | deep; profound |
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶心 (噁心) | ě xīn | variant of 恶心 (ě xīn) |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 绝对 (絕對) | jué duì | absolute; unconditional |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anathema”.
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.