Chinese symbol for “heartbroken”
心碎
xīn suì
heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heartbroken is 心碎 (xīn suì), defined as: heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow.
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
Other Chinese words for “heartbroken”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欲绝 (欲絕) | yù jué | heartbroken; inconsolable |
| 断肠 (斷腸) | duàn cháng | heartbroken; to break one's heart |
| 凄恻 (悽惻) | qī cè | heartbroken; sorrowful |
| 哀伤 (哀傷) | āi shāng | grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected |
| 悲不自胜 (悲不自勝) | bēi bù zì shèng | unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought; overcome with sorrow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 心碎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
| 开心 (開心) | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 心里 (心裡) | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 粉碎 | fěn suì | to crush; to smash; to shatter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heartbroken”.
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.