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Chinese symbol for “angrily”

悻然
xìng rán
angrily; resentfully; in a huff

The closest CC-CEDICT match for angrily is 悻然 (xìng rán), defined as: angrily; resentfully; in a huff.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

悻 xìng
anger, frustration
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 悻然.

WordPinyinMeaning
悻悻xìng xìngangry; resentful
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly natural; as it should be
自然zì ránnature; natural
然而rán érhowever; but; yet
仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet

See also: Japanese symbol for “angrily”.

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.