Chinese symbol for “remorseful”
歉疚
qiàn jiù
remorseful; guilt-ridden
The closest CC-CEDICT match for remorseful is 歉疚 (qiàn jiù), defined as: remorseful; guilt-ridden.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 歉疚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道歉 | dào qiàn | to apologize |
| 抱歉 | bào qiàn | to be sorry; to feel apologetic |
| 致歉 | zhì qiàn | to apologize; to express regret |
| 歉意 | qiàn yì | apology; regret |
| 歉收 | qiàn shōu | crop failure; poor harvest |
| 内疚 (內疚) | nèi jiù | to feel guilty |
| 愧疚 | kuì jiù | to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful |
| 负疚 (負疚) | fù jiù | (literary) to feel apologetic; to feel guilty |
See also: Japanese symbol for “remorseful”.
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.