Chinese symbol for “horrified”
竦
sǒng
respectful; horrified; to raise (one's shoulders); to stand on tiptoe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for horrified is 竦 (sǒng), defined as: respectful; horrified; to raise (one's shoulders); to stand on tiptoe; to crane.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 竦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竦然 | sǒng rán | variant of 悚然 (sǒng rán) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “horrified”.
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.