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Chinese symbol for “ptsd”

创伤后应激障碍
chuāng shāng hòu yìng jī zhàng ài
Traditional: 創傷後應激障礙
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ptsd is 创伤后应激障碍 (chuāng shāng hòu yìng jī zhàng ài), defined as: post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD.

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Characters and stroke order

创 chuāng
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
伤 shāng
to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
应 yìng
should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
激 jī
to arouse, to incite; acute, sharp; fierce, violent
radical 85 ⽔ · 16 strokes
障 zhàng
to separate; shield, barricade
radical 170 ⾩ · 13 strokes
碍 ài
to block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 创伤后应激障碍.

WordPinyinMeaning
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
创作 (創作)chuàng zuòto create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
创建 (創建)chuàng jiànto found; to establish
创业 (創業)chuàng yèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
创立 (創立)chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
应该 (應該)yīng gāiought to; should; must
刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
保障bǎo zhàngto ensure; to guarantee
障碍 (障礙)zhàng àibarrier; obstruction

See also: Japanese symbol for “ptsd”.

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.