Chinese symbol for “grieve”
伤心
shāng xīn
Traditional: 傷心
to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grieve is 伤心 (shāng xīn), defined as: to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grieve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悼念 | dào niàn | to grieve |
| 哀痛 | āi tòng | to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief |
| 伤心蒿目 (傷心蒿目) | shāng xīn hāo mù | to grieve; broken-hearted |
| 怞 | zhòu | to grieve; sorrowful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伤心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 伤亡 (傷亡) | shāng wáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 伤口 (傷口) | shāng kǒu | wound; cut |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grieve”.
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.