Chinese symbol for “pathos”
伤感
shāng gǎn
Traditional: 傷感
sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pathos is 伤感 (shāng gǎn), defined as: sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pathos”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伤感.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 伤心 (傷心) | shāng xīn | to grieve; to be broken-hearted |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 伤亡 (傷亡) | shāng wáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 伤口 (傷口) | shāng kǒu | wound; cut |
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pathos”.
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.
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