Chinese symbol for “emotions”
喜怒哀乐
xǐ nù āi lè
Traditional: 喜怒哀樂
(lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions
The closest CC-CEDICT match for emotions is 喜怒哀乐 (xǐ nù āi lè), defined as: (lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 喜怒哀乐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜欢 (喜歡) | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased |
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |
| 喜剧 (喜劇) | xǐ jù | a comedy; measure word: 部 (bù), 出 (chū) |
| 喜悦 (喜悅) | xǐ yuè | happy; joyous |
| 愤怒 (憤怒) | fèn nù | angry; indignant |
| 激怒 | jī nù | to infuriate; to enrage |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | grieved; sorrowful |
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “emotions”.
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.