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Chinese symbol for “grievance”

怨气
yuàn qì
Traditional: 怨氣
grievance; resentment; complaint

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grievance is 怨气 (yuàn qì), defined as: grievance; resentment; complaint.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

怨 yuàn
to blame, to complain, to hate; enmity, resentment
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “grievance”

WordPinyinMeaning
积怨 (積怨)jī yuàngrievance; accumulated rancor
苦境kǔ jìnggrievance; dire straits
不平bù pínguneven; injustice
冤yuāninjustice; grievance
诉苦 (訴苦)sù kǔto grumble; to complain

Related words

Other words that share a character with 怨气.

WordPinyinMeaning
抱怨bào yuànto complain; to grumble
埋怨mán yuànto complain; to grumble (about)
怨恨yuàn hènto resent; to harbor a grudge against
恩怨ēn yuàngratitude and grudges; resentment
怨言yuàn yáncomplaint
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)

See also: Japanese symbol for “grievance”.

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.

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