Chinese symbol for “distressed”
厄
è
distressed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for distressed is 厄 (è), defined as: distressed.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “distressed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忧伤 (憂傷) | yōu shāng | distressed; laden with grief |
| 怛 | dá | distressed; alarmed |
| 窘 | jiǒng | distressed; embarrassed |
| 凄然 (悽然) | qī rán | distressed |
| 苦恼 (苦惱) | kǔ nǎo | vexed; distressed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 厄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厄运 (厄運) | è yùn | bad luck; misfortune |
| 厄尔尼诺 (厄爾尼諾) | è ěr ní nuò | (meteorology) El Niño |
| 灾厄 (災厄) | zāi è | adversity; catastrophe |
| 困厄 | kùn è | in deep water; difficult situation |
| 厄境 | è jìng | difficult situation |
| 解厄 | jiě è | (literary) to save from a calamity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “distressed”.
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.