Chinese symbol for “forlorn”
悲苦
bēi kǔ
forlorn; miserable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forlorn is 悲苦 (bēi kǔ), defined as: forlorn; miserable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forlorn”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悲苦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 可悲 | kě bēi | lamentable |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | grieved; sorrowful |
| 悲观 (悲觀) | bēi guān | pessimistic |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forlorn”.
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.