Chinese symbol for “estrangement”
疏远
shū yuǎn
Traditional: 疏遠
to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement
The closest CC-CEDICT match for estrangement is 疏远 (shū yuǎn), defined as: to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “estrangement”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疏远.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏散 | shū sǎn | idle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] |
| 疏忽 | shū hu | to neglect; to overlook |
| 疏导 (疏導) | shū dǎo | to dredge; to open up a path for |
| 疏通 | shū tōng | to unblock; to dredge |
| 永远 (永遠) | yǒng yuǎn | forever; eternal |
| 远离 (遠離) | yuǎn lí | to be far from; to keep away from |
| 遥远 (遙遠) | yáo yuǎn | distant; remote |
| 远远 (遠遠) | yuǎn yuǎn | distant; by far |
See also: Japanese symbol for “estrangement”.
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.