Chinese symbol for “awed”
肃然
sù rán
Traditional: 肅然
respectful; solemn; awed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for awed is 肃然 (sù rán), defined as: respectful; solemn; awed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肃然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 严肃 (嚴肅) | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting |
| 肃清 (肅清) | sù qīng | to purge |
| 整肃 (整肅) | zhěng sù | strict; serious |
| 肃静 (肅靜) | sù jìng | solemnly silent |
| 肃穆 (肅穆) | sù mù | solemn and respectful; serene |
| 肃然起敬 (肅然起敬) | sù rán qǐ jìng | to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom) |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
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.