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Chinese symbol for “disheartened”

颓丧
tuí sàng
Traditional: 頹喪
dejected; disheartened; listless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disheartened is 颓丧 (tuí sàng), defined as: dejected; disheartened; listless.

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

颓 tuí
ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent
radical 181 ⾴ · 13 strokes
丧 sàng
mourning; mourn; funeral
radical 1 ⼀ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disheartened”

WordPinyinMeaning
嗒丧 (嗒喪)tà sàng(literary) disheartened; disappointed

Related words

Other words that share a character with 颓丧.

WordPinyinMeaning
颓废 (頹廢)tuí fèidecadent; dispirited
颓势 (頹勢)tuí shìdecline (in fortune)
颓败 (頹敗)tuí bàito decay; to decline
颓然 (頹然)tuí rándecrepit; ruined
倾颓 (傾頹)qīng tuíto collapse; to topple
丧失 (喪失)sàng shīto lose; to forfeit
沮丧 (沮喪)jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected
丧生 (喪生)sàng shēngto die; to lose one's life

See also: Japanese symbol for “disheartened”.

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.