Chinese symbol for “horror”
惊悚
jīng sǒng
Traditional: 驚悚
horror (movie); thriller
The closest CC-CEDICT match for horror is 惊悚 (jīng sǒng), defined as: horror (movie); thriller.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “horror”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惊悚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing |
| 惊讶 (驚訝) | jīng yà | amazed; astonished |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 惊奇 (驚奇) | jīng qí | to be amazed; to be surprised |
| 毛骨悚然 | máo gǔ sǒng rán | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold |
| 悚然 | sǒng rán | frightened; terrified |
See also: Japanese symbol for “horror”.
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.