Chinese symbol for “frightened”
悚
sǒng
frightened
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frightened is 悚 (sǒng), defined as: frightened.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “frightened”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猲 | hè | frightened; terrified |
| 悚然 | sǒng rán | frightened; terrified |
| 恐 | kǒng | afraid; frightened |
| 惊魂 (驚魂) | jīng hún | in a panicked state; frightened |
| 惊心 (驚心) | jīng xīn | staggering; shocking |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛骨悚然 | máo gǔ sǒng rán | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold |
| 惊悚 (驚悚) | jīng sǒng | horror (movie); thriller |
| 悚然 | sǒng rán | frightened; terrified |
| 科技惊悚 (科技驚悚) | kē jì jīng sǒng | techno-thriller (novel); science fiction thriller |
| 震悚 | zhèn sǒng | (literary) to tremble with fear; to shock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frightened”.
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.