Chinese symbol for “anxiety”
恤
xù
Traditional: 卹
anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anxiety is 恤 (xù), defined as: anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief; to compensate.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “anxiety”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | anxiety; anxious |
| 心病 | xīn bìng | anxiety; sore point |
| 愁苦 | chóu kǔ | anxiety; distress |
| 愁肠 (愁腸) | chóu cháng | anxiety; worries |
| 忧虑 (憂慮) | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抚恤 (撫卹) | fǔ xù | (of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury |
| 体恤 (體恤) | tǐ xù | to empathize with; to show solicitude for; (loanword) T-shirt |
| 恤衫 | xù shān | shirt (loanword) |
| 抚恤金 (撫恤金) | fǔ xù jīn | compensation payment (for injury); relief payment |
| 赈恤 (賑恤) | zhèn xù | relief aid |
| 怜恤 (憐恤) | lián xù | to take pity; to show compassion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anxiety”.
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.