Chinese symbol for “misery”
酸辛
suān xīn
misery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for misery is 酸辛 (suān xīn), defined as: misery.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “misery”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酸辛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | amino acid |
| 酸性 | suān xìng | acidity |
| 硫酸 | liú suān | sulfuric acid |
| 酸奶 | suān nǎi | yogurt |
| 核酸 | hé suān | nucleic acid; (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸检测 (hé suān jiǎn cè)) |
| 硝酸 | xiāo suān | nitric acid |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰辛 (艱辛) | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “misery”.
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.