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Chinese symbol for “disillusioned”

寒心
hán xīn
disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disillusioned is 寒心 (hán xīn), defined as: disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified.

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Characters and stroke order

寒 hán
chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
radical 40 ⼧ · 12 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 寒心.

WordPinyinMeaning
寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid
寒冬hán dōngcold winter
严寒 (嚴寒)yán hánbitter cold; severe winter
寒假hán jiàwinter vacation
寒流hán liúcold air current; cold ocean current
寒风 (寒風)hán fēngcold wind
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried

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.