Chinese symbol for “grudge”
怨念
yuàn niàn
grudge; pent-up resentment; consuming bitterness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grudge is 怨念 (yuàn niàn), defined as: grudge; pent-up resentment; consuming bitterness.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “grudge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心疼 | xīn téng | to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb |
| 过节儿 (過節兒) | guò jié r | (coll.) grudge; strife; (coll.) good manners |
| 怨 | yuàn | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge |
| 罅 | xià | crack; grudge |
| 芥蒂 | jiè dì | an obstruction; barrier |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怨念.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent; to harbor a grudge against |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 怨言 | yuàn yán | complaint |
| 怨气 (怨氣) | yuàn qì | grievance; resentment |
| 概念 | gài niàn | concept; idea |
| 纪念 (紀念) | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grudge”.
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.