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Chinese symbol for “ghastly”

森森
sēn sēn
dense (of trees); thick; ghastly; eerie

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ghastly is 森森 (sēn sēn), defined as: dense (of trees); thick; ghastly; eerie.

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Characters and stroke order

森 sēn
forest; luxuriant vegetation
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes
森
森 sēn
forest; luxuriant vegetation
radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 森森.

WordPinyinMeaning
森林sēn línforest; measure word: 片 (piàn)
森严 (森嚴)sēn yánstrict; rigid
戒备森严 (戒備森嚴)jiè bèi sēn yánheavily-guarded
阴森 (陰森)yīn sēngloomy; sinister
帕金森病pà jīn sēn bìngParkinson's disease

See also: Japanese symbol for “ghastly”.

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.