Chinese symbol for “delusion”
妄想
wàng xiǎng
to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for delusion is 妄想 (wàng xiǎng), defined as: to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “delusion”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 妄想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妄图 (妄圖) | wàng tú | to try in vain; futile attempt |
| 狂妄 | kuáng wàng | egotistical; arrogant |
| 轻举妄动 (輕舉妄動) | qīng jǔ wàng dòng | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) |
| 妄想症 | wàng xiǎng zhèng | delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia |
| 虚妄 (虛妄) | xū wàng | fabricated |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “delusion”.
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.