Chinese symbol for “astonish”
骇
hài
Traditional: 駭
to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for astonish is 骇 (hài), defined as: to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “astonish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 震骇 (震駭) | zhèn hài | to astonish; to horrify |
| 惊艳 (驚豔) | jīng yàn | very impressed; stunned; amazed; to astonish; to impress greatly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骇客 (駭客) | hài kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 骇人听闻 (駭人聽聞) | hài rén tīng wén | shocking; horrifying |
| 骇人 (駭人) | hài rén | terrifying; shocking |
| 惊世骇俗 (驚世駭俗) | jīng shì hài sú | universally shocking; to offend the whole of society |
| 惊骇 (驚駭) | jīng hài | to be shocked; to be appalled |
| 惊涛骇浪 (驚濤駭浪) | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “astonish”.
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.