Chinese symbol for “grotesque”
丑怪
chǒu guài
Traditional: 醜怪
grotesque
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grotesque is 丑怪 (chǒu guài), defined as: grotesque.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grotesque”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇丑 (奇醜) | qí chǒu | grotesque; extremely ugly |
| 怪模怪样 (怪模怪樣) | guài mú guài yàng | outlandish; strange-looking |
| 石像鬼 | shí xiàng guǐ | gargoyle; grotesque |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丑怪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑闻 (醜聞) | chǒu wén | scandal |
| 丑陋 (醜陋) | chǒu lòu | ugly |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 丑化 (醜化) | chǒu huà | to defame; to libel |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange; odd |
| 怪物 | guài wu | monster; freak |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grotesque”.
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.