Chinese symbol for “astonishing”
惊人
jīng rén
Traditional: 驚人
astonishing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for astonishing is 惊人 (jīng rén), defined as: astonishing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “astonishing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惊人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊讶 (驚訝) | jīng yà | amazed; astonished |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 惊奇 (驚奇) | jīng qí | to be amazed; to be surprised |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “astonishing”.
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.