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Chinese symbol for “creepy”

渗人
shèn rén
Traditional: 滲人
horrifying; creepy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for creepy is 渗人 (shèn rén), defined as: horrifying; creepy.

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

渗 shèn
to seep, to permeate, to infiltrate
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 渗人.

WordPinyinMeaning
渗透 (滲透)shèn tòu(lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into
渗入 (滲入)shèn rùto permeate
渗漏 (滲漏)shèn lòuseepage; leakage
渗出 (滲出)shèn chūto seep out; to exude
渗水 (滲水)shèn shuǐwater seepage
渗透压 (滲透壓)shèn tòu yāosmotic pressure
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople

See also: Japanese symbol for “creepy”.

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.