Chinese symbol for “hellish”
苦不堪言
kǔ bù kān yán
to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hellish is 苦不堪言 (kǔ bù kān yán), defined as: to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 苦不堪言.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 苦难 (苦難) | kǔ nàn | suffering |
| 艰苦 (艱苦) | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard |
| 苦恼 (苦惱) | kǔ nǎo | vexed; distressed |
| 受苦 | shòu kǔ | to suffer hardship |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
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.