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Chinese symbol for “bothered”

受窘
shòu jiǒng
embarrassed; bothered; in an awkward position

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bothered is 受窘 (shòu jiǒng), defined as: embarrassed; bothered; in an awkward position.

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

受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
窘 jiǒng
distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed
radical 116 ⽳ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受窘.

WordPinyinMeaning
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim
窘境jiǒng jìngawkward situation; predicament
窘迫jiǒng pòpoverty-stricken; very poor

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.

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