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Chinese symbol for “claustrophobia”

幽闭恐惧
yōu bì kǒng jù
Traditional: 幽閉恐懼
claustrophobia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for claustrophobia is 幽闭恐惧 (yōu bì kǒng jù), defined as: claustrophobia.

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

幽 yōu
quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark
radical 52 ⼳ · 9 strokes
闭 bì
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes
恐 kǒng
fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
惧 jù
to fear, to dread
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “claustrophobia”

WordPinyinMeaning
幽闭恐惧症 (幽閉恐懼症)yōu bì kǒng jù zhèngclaustrophobia

Related words

Other words that share a character with 幽闭恐惧.

WordPinyinMeaning
幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor; humorous
幽灵 (幽靈)yōu língspecter; apparition
幽默感yōu mò gǎnsense of humor
黑色幽默hēi sè yōu mòblack humor
幽静 (幽靜)yōu jìngquiet; secluded
幽暗yōu àngloom
关闭 (關閉)guān bìto close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
封闭 (封閉)fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)
恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful
恐惧 (恐懼)kǒng jùfear; dread; to fear; to dread

See also: Japanese symbol for “claustrophobia”.

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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