Chinese symbol for “empathetic”
恻隐
cè yǐn
Traditional: 惻隱
compassion; empathetic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for empathetic is 恻隐 (cè yǐn), defined as: compassion; empathetic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恻隐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恻隐之心 (惻隱之心) | cè yǐn zhī xīn | compassion |
| 缠绵悱恻 (纏綿悱惻) | chán mián fěi cè | (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom); (of music, literature etc) poignant |
| 悲恻 (悲惻) | bēi cè | grieved; sorrowful |
| 凄恻 (悽惻) | qī cè | heartbroken; sorrowful |
| 隐藏 (隱藏) | yǐn cáng | to hide; to conceal |
| 隐私 (隱私) | yǐn sī | secrets; private business |
| 隐瞒 (隱瞞) | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject) |
| 隐形 (隱形) | yǐn xíng | invisible |
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.