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Chinese symbol for “deafness”

失聪
shī cōng
Traditional: 失聰
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deafness is 失聪 (shī cōng), defined as: to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss.

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

失 shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
聪 cōng
sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
radical 128 ⽿ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 失聪.

WordPinyinMeaning
失去shī qùto lose
失败 (失敗)shī bàito be defeated; to lose
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
损失 (損失)sǔn shīloss; damage
失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope
失业 (失業)shī yèunemployment; to lose one's job
聪明 (聰明)cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
聪慧 (聰慧)cōng huìbright; intelligent

See also: Japanese symbol for “deafness”.

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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