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Chinese symbol for “rouse”

惊醒
jīng xǐng
Traditional: 驚醒
to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rouse is 惊醒 (jīng xǐng), defined as: to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly.

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

惊 jīng
to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
醒 xǐng
to wake up, to startle; to sober up
radical 164 ⾣ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rouse”

WordPinyinMeaning
抖擞 (抖擻)dǒu sǒuto rouse; to invigorate
叫醒jiào xǐngto awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
唤醒 (喚醒)huàn xǐngto wake sb; to rouse
鼓gǔdrum; measure word: 通 (tòng), 面 (miàn)
唤起 (喚起)huàn qǐto waken (to action); to rouse (the masses)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 惊醒.

WordPinyinMeaning
惊人 (驚人)jīng rénastonishing
惊讶 (驚訝)jīng yàamazed; astonished
惊喜 (驚喜)jīng xǐnice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
震惊 (震驚)zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
吃惊 (吃驚)chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked
惊奇 (驚奇)jīng qíto be amazed; to be surprised
提醒tí xǐngto remind; to call attention to
清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober

See also: Japanese symbol for “rouse”.

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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